Strongly disordered tin and NbTiN S-wave superconductors probed by microwave electrodynamics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Driessen, E F C ^a   Coumou, P C J J ^a   Tromp, R R ^a   De Visser, P J ^a,b   Klapwijk, T M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCS THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; NIOBIUM TITANIUM NITRIDES; QUASIPARTICLE DENSITY; STRONG DISORDERS; WAVEGUIDE RESONATORS;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; NIOBIUM; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TIN; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

MICROWAVE RESONATORS;

EID: 84866115967     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.107003     Document Type: Article

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