Evidence for an anomalous current-phase relation in topological insulator Josephson junctions

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kurter, C ^a   Finck, A D K ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETRY; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

CEPHALOPODA; MAJORANA;

EID: 84931287908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8130     Document Type: Article

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