Supercurrent reversal in quantum dots

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7103, 2006, Pages 667-670

  Van Dam, Jorden A ^a   Nazarov, Yuli V ^a   Bakkers, Erik P A M ^b   De Franceschi, Silvano ^a,c   Kouwenhoven, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

ORBITAL WAVEFUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SUPERCURRENT FLOW; SUPERCURRENT REVERSAL;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

CURRENT; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33747040811     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05018     Document Type: Article

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