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Fractional Josephson Effect: A Missing Step Is A Key Step

Superconductivity 2018-12-31 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Quantum Gases Strongly Correlated Electrons
Authors: Fan Zhang , Wei Pan
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Abstract

Physicists are searching for superconducting materials that can host Majoranas. New evidence for these elusive particles is provided by missing Shapiro steps in a Josephson effect mediated by an accidental Dirac semimetal.

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@article{arxiv.1812.10920,
  title  = {Fractional Josephson Effect: A Missing Step Is A Key Step},
  author = {Fan Zhang and Wei Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.10920},
  year   = {2018}
}

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