Contact superconductivity in In-PbTe junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Grabecki, G ^a,b   Kolwas, K A ^a   Wrobel J ^a   Kapcia, K ^c   Puniak, R ^a   Jakiea, R ^a   Aleszkiewicz, M ^a   Dietl, T ^a,d   Springholz, G ^e   Bauer, G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CHARGING ENERGIES; DEPLETION LAYER; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYBRID STRUCTURE; INTERFACE REGIONS; JOSEPHSON COUPLING; METALLIC CONTACTS; PBTE; QUANTUM WELL; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77956845095     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3475692     Document Type: Article

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