Fate of the Josephson effect in thin-film superconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Hermele, Michael ^a,d   Refael, Gil ^b,e   Fisher, Matthew P A ^b   Goldbart, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c United States of America   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; POINT CONTACTS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

BULK SUPERCONDUCTORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; SPATIAL DIMENSIONALITIES; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; THIN-FILM SUPERCONDUCTORS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33645530245     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys154     Document Type: Article

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