Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire

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Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire. / Higginbotham, Andrew Patrick; Albrecht, Sven Marian; Kirsanskas, Gediminas; Chang, Willy; Kuemmeth, Ferdinand; Krogstrup, Peter; Jespersen, Thomas Sand; Nygård, Jesper; Flensberg, Karsten; Marcus, Charles M.

In: Nature Physics, Vol. 11, No. 12, 01.12.2015, p. 1017-1021.

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Higginbotham, AP, Albrecht, SM, Kirsanskas, G, Chang, W, Kuemmeth, F, Krogstrup, P, Jespersen, TS, Nygård, J, Flensberg, K & Marcus, CM 2015, 'Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire', Nature Physics, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1017-1021. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3461

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Higginbotham, A. P., Albrecht, S. M., Kirsanskas, G., Chang, W., Kuemmeth, F., Krogstrup, P., Jespersen, T. S., Nygård, J., Flensberg, K., & Marcus, C. M. (2015). Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire. Nature Physics, 11(12), 1017-1021. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3461

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Higginbotham AP, Albrecht SM, Kirsanskas G, Chang W, Kuemmeth F, Krogstrup P et al. Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire. Nature Physics. 2015 Dec 1;11(12):1017-1021. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3461

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Higginbotham, Andrew Patrick ; Albrecht, Sven Marian ; Kirsanskas, Gediminas ; Chang, Willy ; Kuemmeth, Ferdinand ; Krogstrup, Peter ; Jespersen, Thomas Sand ; Nygård, Jesper ; Flensberg, Karsten ; Marcus, Charles M. / Parity lifetime of bound states in a proximitized semiconductor nanowire. In: Nature Physics. 2015 ; Vol. 11, No. 12. pp. 1017-1021.

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