Localization of preformed Cooper pairs in disordered superconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Sacépé, Benjamin ^a,b,e   Dubouchet, Thomas ^a   Chapelier, Claude ^a   Sanquer, Marc ^a   Ovadia, Maoz ^b   Shahar, Dan ^b   Feigel'Man, Mikhail ^c   Ioffe, Lev ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

DISORDERED MATERIALS; DISORDERED SUPERCONDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; METALLIC SYSTEMS; PARTICLE DENSITIES; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR TRANSITIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 79952451363     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1892     Document Type: Article

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