In the seminal work (Weinstein 1999
Physical systems with non-trivial topological order find direct applications in metrology (Klitzing
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10307589
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
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- Journal Name:
- New Journal of Physics
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 1367-2630
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- Article No. 053021
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