Tuning the influence of microscopic decoherence on the superconducting proximity effect in a graphene Andreev interferometer

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Deon, Fabio ^a   Šopić, Sandra ^a   Morpurgo, Alberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; INTERFEROMETERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ANDREEV INTERFEROMETERS; CHARGE NEUTRALITY; CONDUCTANCE OSCILLATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; MICROSCOPIC DECOHERENCE; SUPERCONDUCTING CORRELATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROXIMITY; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84897418337     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.126803     Document Type: Article

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