The Josephson heat interferometer

Nature

Volumn 492, Issue 7429, 2012, Pages 401-405

  Giazotto, Francesco ^a   Martínez Pérez, María José ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFEROMETER; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFEROMETER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLID STATE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871452999     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11702     Document Type: Article

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