4φ-periodic Josephson supercurrent in HgTe-based topological Josephson junctions

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wiedenmann, J ^a   Bocquillon, E ^a   Deacon, R S ^b,c   Hartinger, S ^a   Herrmann, O ^a   Klapwijk, T M ^d,e   Maier, L ^a   Ames, C ^a   Brune C ^a   Gould, C ^a   Oiwa, A ^f   Ishibashi, K ^b,c   Tarucha, S ^c,g   Buhmann, H ^a   Molenkamp, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; IRRADIATION; P WAVE;

EID: 84955450124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10303     Document Type: Article

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