Fractional order Shapiro steps in superconducting nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Dinsmore III, R C ^a   Bae, Myung Ho ^a   Bezryadin, A ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC WIRE; KETONES; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTIONAL ORDERS; HIGH MICROWAVES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTEGER ORDERS; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; PHASE LOCKS; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; SHAPIRO STEPS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 56249108701     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3012360     Document Type: Article

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