Effects of critical temperature inhomogeneities on the voltage-current characteristics of a planar superconductor near the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz- Thouless transition

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Coton N ^a   Ramallo, M V ^a   Vidal, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D SUPERCONDUCTORS; BEREZINSKII-KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS TRANSITION; BKT TRANSITION; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; IN-PLANE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MEAN-FIELD; SUPERCONDUCTING COHERENCE LENGTH; VOLTAGE-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS;

ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79961047065     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/24/8/085013     Document Type: Article

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