Quantum limit to phase coherence in thin superconducting wires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2946-2948

  Tinkham, M ^a   Lau, C N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE COHERENCE; PHASE SLIPS; QUANTUM LIMIT; QUANTUM PHASE;

SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WIRE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 79956058902     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1473232     Document Type: Article

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