Magnetic-field enhancement of superconductivity in ultranarrow wires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Rogachev, A ^a   Wei, T C ^a   Pekker, D ^a   Bollinger, A T ^a   Goldbart, P M ^a   Bezryadin, A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

MICROSCOPIC THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES; WIRE SURFACES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33749027184     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.137001     Document Type: Article

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