Strong Superconducting Proximity Effects in PbS Semiconductor Nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 221-226

  Kim, Bum Kyu ^a   Kim, Hong Seok ^a   Yang, Yiming ^b   Peng, Xingyue ^b   Yu, Dong ^b   Doh, Yong Joo ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Josephson junction; PbS semiconductor nanowire; superconducting proximity effects; supercurrent; switching current distribution

Indexed keywords

IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; QUANTUM OPTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SUPERCONDUCTING PROXIMITY; SUPERCURRENTS; SWITCHING CURRENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 85018505213     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04774     Document Type: Article

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