Quantum coherence at low temperatures in mesoscopic systems: Effect of disorder

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Niimi, Yasuhiro ^a,b,g   Baines, Yannick ^a   Capron, Thibaut ^a   Mailly, Dominique ^c   Lo, Fang Yuh ^d,e   Wieck, Andreas D ^d   Meunier, Tristan ^a   Saminadayar, Laurent ^a,f   Bäuerle, Christopher ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 77956324072     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245306     Document Type: Article

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