Nearly flat Andreev bound states in superconductor-topological insulator hybrid structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Lababidi, Mahmoud ^a   Zhao, Erhai ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867776400     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.161108     Document Type: Article

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