Nanowire (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Nanowire

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A nanowire device similar to those used in the study is pictured. The semiconducting nanowire (green), one-thousandth the width of a human hair, is coated with a superconductor (light blue) and electrically contacted with gold leads and electrostatic gates (yellow).

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(Credit: Shivendra Upadhyay / Sven Albrecht)

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(Credit: Shivendra Upadhyay / Sven Albrecht)

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