Gate-tuned Josephson effect on the surface of a topological insulator

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bai, Chunxu ^a,b   Yang, Yanling ^a  

^a ANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Furusaki Tsukada formula; Josephson effect; Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS;

FURUSAKI-TSUKADA FORMULA; GATE ELECTRODES; JOSEPHSON; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; NORMAL METALS; PLATEAU-LIKE STRUCTURE; SUPERCURRENTS; WEAK LINKS;

TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

EID: 84919898216     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-515     Document Type: Article

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