Robustness of Majorana fermions in proximity-induced superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Sau, Jay D ^a   Lutchyn, Roman M ^a   Tewari, Sumanta ^a,b   Das Sarma, S ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957577834     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094522     Document Type: Article

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