Enhancement of the finite-frequency superfluid response in the pseudogap regime of strongly disordered superconducting films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mondal, Mintu ^a   Kamlapure, Anand ^a   Ganguli, Somesh Chandra ^a   Jesudasan, John ^a   Bagwe, Vivas ^a   Benfatto, Lara ^b   Raychaudhuri, Pratap ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84874624931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01357     Document Type: Article

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