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Two-dimensional quantum transport

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A superconducting surface under a drop of ionic liquid, when divided into two banks by a strip of insulating material having a single quantum point contact, becomes a device for discovering quantum phenomena.

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Figure 1: Experimental set-up illustrating the Al2O3 shielded strip (50 nm long, 2 μm wide) under the ionic liquid on the SrTiO3 surface.

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  1. Isao H. Inoue is at the National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan,

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