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Coherent conductors at a distance

A demonstration that Cooper pairs mediate a non-local coherent coupling between carriers in two normal metal electrodes connected to a superconductor could lead to novel types of superconducting quantum interference devices for studying cross-correlations.

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Figure 1: Competing tunnelling processes involving two normal metal contacts with a superconductor.

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Eschrig, M. Coherent conductors at a distance. Nature Phys 5, 384–385 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1293

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