Superconducting nanowires as quantum phase-slip junctions

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Mooij, J E ^a   Nazarov, Yu V ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE; QUANTUM OPTICS;

JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION; NANOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PLASMA RESONANCE; QUANTUM TUNNELLING; QUANTUM VARIABLES; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

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EID: 33645780166     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys234     Document Type: Article

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