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Title: Highly skewed current–phase relation in superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor Josephson junctions
Award ID(s):
1641101
PAR ID:
10182257
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
npj Quantum Materials
Volume:
5
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2397-4648
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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