Superconductor to normal-metal transition in finite-length nanowires: Phenomenological model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Refael, Gil ^a   Demler, Eugene ^b   Oreg, Yuval ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 65249135909     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.094524     Document Type: Article

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