Direct observation of the transition from the conventional superconducting state to the π state in a controllable Josephson junction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2070021-2070024

  Baselmans, J J A ^a   Heikkila T T ^b   Van Wees, B J ^a   Klapwijk, T M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FREE ENERGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

SUPERCURRENT PHASE RELATIONS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 3843109780     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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