Evidence for long-lived quasiparticles trapped in superconducting point contacts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  Zgirski, M ^a   Bretheau, L ^a   Le Masne, Q ^a   Pothier, H ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Urbina, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDREEV BOUND STATE; ATOMIC-SIZE CONTACTS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; QUASIPARTICLES; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; SUPERCURRENTS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79960639571     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.257003     Document Type: Article

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