Quantum phase slip phenomenon in ultra-narrow superconducting nanorings

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Arutyunov, Konstantin Yu ^a,b   Hongisto, Terhi T ^a   Lehtinen, Janne S ^a   Leino, Leena I ^a   Vasiliev, Alexander L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84859738462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00293     Document Type: Article

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