Local superfluid densities probed via current-induced superconducting phase gradients

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Hopkins, David S ^a   Pekker, David ^a   Wei, Tzu Chieh ^a   Goldbart, Paul M ^a   Bezryadin, Alexey ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 37249047470     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.220506     Document Type: Article

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