Near-zero-energy end states in topologically trivial spin-orbit coupled superconducting nanowires with a smooth confinement

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kells, G ^a   Meidan, D ^a   Brouwer, P W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84866395362     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.100503     Document Type: Article

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