Deviations from mean-field behavior in disordered nanoscale superconductor–normal-metal–superconductor arrays

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Kouh, Taejoon ^a   Valles, J M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ENERGY; FILM; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0038823963     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.140506     Document Type: Article

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