# Microscopic theory of the phase-dependent linear conductance in highly transmissive superconducting quantum point contacts

@article{MartnRodero1996MicroscopicTO,
title={Microscopic theory of the phase-dependent linear conductance in highly transmissive superconducting quantum point contacts},
author={Alvaro Mart{\'i}n-Rodero and Alfredo Levy Yeyati and Juan Carlos Cuevas},
journal={Physica B-condensed Matter},
year={1996},
volume={218},
pages={126-129}
}
• Published 1 February 1996
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• Physica B-condensed Matter
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