Singular length dependence of critical current in superconductor/normal- metal/superconductor bridges

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Levchenko, Alex ^a   Kamenev, Alex ^a   Glazman, Leonid ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 33846344900     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.212509     Document Type: Article

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