Vortex fractionalization in a Josephson ladder

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Tornes, I ^a   Stroud, D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644557452     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.224519     Document Type: Article

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