Edge-mode superconductivity in a two-dimensional topological insulator

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 593-597

  Pribiag, Vlad S ^a,c   Beukman, Arjan J A ^a   Qu, Fanming ^a   Cassidy, Maja C ^a   Charpentier, Christophe ^b   Wegscheider, Werner ^b   Kouwenhoven, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; INDIUM ARSENIDE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

BUILDING BLOCKES; BULK RESISTIVITY; NON-ABELIAN STATISTICS; QUANTUM COMPUTING; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

TOPOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; EDGE MODE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GENERAL DEVICE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PHASE; VOLUME;

EID: 84938539853     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.86     Document Type: Article

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