Direct measurement of current-phase relations in superconductor/topological insulator/superconductor junctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3086-3092

  Sochnikov, Ilya ^a,b   Bestwick, Andrew J ^a   Williams, James R ^a   Lippman, Thomas M ^c   Fisher, Ian R ^a,c   Goldhaber Gordon, David ^a,b,c   Kirtley, John R ^a,b   Moler, Kathryn A ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

current phase relation; Josephson junction; Majorana fermions; scanning SQUID microscopy; superconducting proximity effect; Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-PHASE RELATIONS; JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION; MAJORANA; SCANNING SQUID MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING PROXIMITY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MOLLUSCS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SCANNING; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84880179141     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl400997k     Document Type: Article

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