Josephson Effect throughout the BCS-BEC Crossover

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Spuntarelli, A ^a   Pieri, P ^a   Strinati, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CRITICAL CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FERMIONS; THROUGHPUT;

BOGOLIUBOV-DE GENNES EQUATIONS; JOSEPHSON CURRENT; JOSEPHSON EFFECTS; ZERO TEMPERATURE;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 34547426283     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.040401     Document Type: Article

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