Phase coherence and andreev reflection in topological insulator devices

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Finck, A D K ^a   Kurter, C ^a   Hor, Y S ^b   Van Harlingen, D J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Superconductivity; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMIC WAVES;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; CONDENSED-MATTER PHYSICS; HELICAL STATE; HELICAL SURFACES; MAJORANA; NONMAGNETICS; P WAVES; PHASE COHERENCE; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS;

EID: 84921524864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.041022     Document Type: Article

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