Multichannel dc Josephson effect in ballistic point contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 11670-11687

  Böttcher, Kerstin ^a   Kopp, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 0642335840     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.11670     Document Type: Article

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