Subgap states in dirty superconductors and their effect on dephasing in Josephson qubits

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Silva, Alessandro ^a   Ioffe, Lev B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; MAGNETISM; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 20344395337     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.104502     Document Type: Article

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