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arXiv:2208.05811 · Nature

Quantized current steps due to the a.c. coherent quantum phase-slip effect

Rais S. Shaikhaidarov, Kyung Ho Kim, Jacob Dunstan, Ilya V. Antonov, S. Linzen, Mario Ziegler, Dmitry S. Golubev, Vladimir N Antonov, Evgeni V. Il’ichev, O. V. Astafiev

Published Jul 25, 2022• 77 citations
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10.1038/s41586-022-04947-z

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