Multicontact measurements of a superconducting Sn nanowire

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Lucot, D ^a,b   Pierre, F ^a   Mailly, D ^a   Yu Zhang, K ^b   Michotte, S ^c   De Menten De Horne, F ^c   Piraux, L ^c  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INELASTIC SCATTERING; NANOWIRES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TIN;

ESCAPE WAY; MULTICONTACT MEASUREMENTS; PHASE-SLIP CENTERS (PSCS);

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 34547475597     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759471     Document Type: Article

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