Phase diffusion and fractional Shapiro steps in superconducting quantum point contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Duprat, Raphaël ^a   Yeyati, Alfredo Levy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM DOT; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 15744376938     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.054510     Document Type: Article

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