Dissipation in ultra-thin current-carrying superconducting bridges; evidence for quantum tunneling of Pearl vortices

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 948-954

  Tafuri, F ^a   Kirtley, J R ^b   Born, D ^c   Stornaiuolo, D ^c   Medaglia, P G ^d   Orgiani, P ^d   Balestrino, G ^d   Kogan, V G ^e  

^a Università di Napoli   (Italy)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645155857     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10485-3     Document Type: Article

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