Andreev bound states in supercurrent-carrying carbon nanotubes revealed

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 965-969

  Pillet, J D ^a   Quay, C H L ^a,c   Morfin, P ^b   Bena, C ^c,d   Yeyati, A Levy ^e   Joyez, P ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MOLLUSCS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; YARN;

JOSEPHSON-LIKE EFFECT; MESOSCOPIC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRODES; SUPERCONDUCTING LEAD; SUPERCONDUCTOR DEVICES; UNIVERSAL DESCRIPTION;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 78649823970     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1811     Document Type: Article

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