Subgap conductivity in SIN-junctions of high barrier transparency
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0921-4534
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2006.06.053