Comparative study of macroscopic quantum tunneling in Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 Oy intrinsic Josephson junctions with different device structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Ota, K ^a   Hamada, K ^b   Takemura, R ^b   Ohmaki, M ^b   MacHi, T ^c   Tanabe, K ^c   Suzuki, M ^b   Maeda, A ^a   Kitano, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 65549106299     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134505     Document Type: Article

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