Shot noise of large charge quanta in superconductor/semiconductor/ superconductor junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Camino, F E ^a   Kuznetsov, V V ^a   Mendez, E E ^a   Schäpers, Th ^b   Guzenko, V A ^b   Hardtdegen, H ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 16844382127     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.020506     Document Type: Article

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