Observation of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in YBa2 Cu3 O7-δ grain boundary Josephson junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Tagliacozzo, A ^a   Born, D ^a   Stornaiuolo, D ^a   Gambale, E ^b   Dalena, D ^b   Lombardi, F ^c   Barone, A ^a   Altshuler, B L ^d,e   Tafuri, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 33846477225     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.012507     Document Type: Article

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