Majorana zero modes in semiconductor nanowires in contact with higher-Tc superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Younghyun ^a   Cano, Jennifer ^a   Nayak, Chetan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84871588323     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235429     Document Type: Article

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