Full range of proximity effect probed with superconductor/graphene/superconductor junctions

Physical Review B

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Li, Chuan ^a   Gueron S ^a   Chepelianskii, A ^a   Bouchiat, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 84990875186     PISSN: 24699950     EISSN: 24699969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.115405     Document Type: Article

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