Superconductor coupled to two Luttinger liquids as an entangler for electron spins

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Recher, Patrik ^a   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85038328486     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.165327     Document Type: Article

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