Multichannel generalization of Kitaev's Majorana end states and a practical route to realize them in thin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Potter, Andrew C ^a   Lee, Patrick A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; ENERGY SCALE; MAJORANA; MULTI-CHANNEL; ODD NUMBERS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLE-CHANNEL; SUPERCONDUCTING COHERENCE LENGTH; THIN FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TOPOLOGY;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 78649365559     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.227003     Document Type: Article

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