Spin-resolved Andreev levels and parity crossings in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanostructures

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-84

  Lee, Eduardo J H ^a   Jiang, Xiaocheng ^b   Houzet, Manuel ^a   Aguado, Ramón ^c   Lieber, Charles M ^b   De Franceschi, Silvano ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TOPOLOGY;

CONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTORS; CRITICAL MAGNETIC FIELD; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SPIN POLARIZED STATE; SUPERCONDUCTOR-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ZERO-BIAS CONDUCTANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FERMION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 84891832632     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.267     Document Type: Article

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