Scheme to measure Majorana fermion lifetimes using a quantum dot

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Leijnse, Martin ^a   Flensberg, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 80155183588     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.140501     Document Type: Article

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