Ordering and manipulation of the magnetic moments in large-scale superconducting π-loop arrays

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6927, 2003, Pages 50-53

  Hilgenkamp, Hans ^a   Ariando, ^a   Smilde, Henk Jan H ^a   Blank, Dave H A ^a   Rijnders, Guus ^a   Rogalla, Horst ^a   Kirtley, John R ^b   Tsuel, Chang C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PHASE SHIFT; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

ARRAYS;

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; WAVEFORM;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0037422109     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01442     Document Type: Article

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