Transport through Andreev bound states in a graphene quantum dot

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Dirks, Travis ^a   Hughes, Taylor L ^a   Lal, Siddhartha ^a,b   Uchoa, Bruno ^a   Chen, Yung Fu ^a   Chialvo, Cesar ^a   Goldbart, Paul M ^a,c   Mason, Nadya ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ANDREEV BOUND STATE; ANDREEV REFLECTION; CONFINED GEOMETRIES; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; SOLID STATE QUBITS; SUPERCONDUCTING CONTACTS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79955653550     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1911     Document Type: Article

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