Photoresponse and nonequilibrium properties of a superconductor–normal-metal point contact

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 14612-14617

  Westbrook, P S ^a   Javan, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 16644373230     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.14612     Document Type: Article

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