Ge/si nanowire mesoscopic josephson junctions

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-213

  Xiang, Jie ^a   Vidan, A ^b,d   Tinkham, M ^b,c   Westervelt, R M ^b,c   Lieber, Charles M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; NANOTUBE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC WIRING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON;

EID: 34547913893     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2006.140     Document Type: Article

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