Hot-electron effects in InAs nanowire Josephson junctions

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Roddaro, Stefano ^a   Pescaglini, Andrea ^a   Ercolani, Daniele ^a   Sorba, Lucia ^a   Giazotto, Francesco ^a   Beltram, Fabio ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION NEST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat conduction; Hot electron; InAs; Josephson effect; Nanowire

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952240459     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0077-6     Document Type: Article

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