Evidence of two-dimensional josephson strings in high-purity (formula presented) single crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 14772-14780

  Gagnon, R ^c   Taillefer, L ^c   Oussena, M ^a   de Groot, P A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 4243657420     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.14772     Document Type: Article

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