Quantum phase slips in superconducting Nb nanowire networks deposited on self-assembled Si templates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Cirillo, C ^a   Trezza, M ^a   Chiarella, F ^a   Vecchione, A ^a   Bondarenko, V P ^b   Prischepa, S L ^b   Attanasio, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATICS AND RADIOELECTRONICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; GRAIN SIZE; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; NANOWIRE NETWORKS; NONZERO RESISTANCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POROUS SILICON SUBSTRATES; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM PHASE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SINGLE WIRES; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT DATA; ULTRA-THIN;

NANOWIRES; POROUS SILICON; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84868029341     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4764066     Document Type: Article

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