Josephson supercurrent through a topological insulator surface state

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-421

  Veldhorst, M ^a   Snelder, M ^a   Hoek, M ^a   Gang, T ^a   Guduru, V K ^b   Wang, X L ^c   Zeitler, U ^b   Van Der Wiel, W G ^a   Golubov, A A ^a   Hilgenkamp, H ^a,d   Brinkman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SURFACE STATES;

BULK CONDUCTIVITIES; JOSEPHSON CURRENT; SHAPIRO STEPS; SHUBNIKOV DE-HAAS OSCILLATION; SUPERCURRENTS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SURFACE STATE;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84862777705     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3255     Document Type: Article

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