Andreev-Bragg Reflection from an Amperian Superconductor

P Baireuther1, T Hyart1, B Tarasinski1

  • 1Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.

Physical Review Letters
|September 16, 2015
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