Coherent charge transport through an interface between a superconductor and hopping insulator: Role of barrier properties
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M. Kirkengen,1 J. Bergli,1 and Y. M. Galperin1,2,3 1Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway 2Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Oslo, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 3A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia Received 3 July 2006; revised manuscript received 5 September 2006; published 14 November 2006
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