Evidence of two-dimensional macroscopic quantum tunneling of a current-biased dc squid

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Balestro, F ^a   Claudon, J ^a   Pekola, J P ^a,b   Buisson, O ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM TUNNELING (MQT);

SQUIDS;

EID: 9444261834     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158301     Document Type: Article

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