Spectroscopic signatures of the Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in the conductance characteristics of a normal-metal/superconductor junction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cui, Qinghong ^a,b   Hu, C R ^c   Wei, J Y T ^d,e   Yang, Kun ^b  

^a QUJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Florida State University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

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EID: 84856455168     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.014503     Document Type: Article

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