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Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 3578–3581 (1991)

Magnetic response of a single, isolated gold loop

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V. Chandrasekhar, R. A. Webb, M. J. Brady, M. B. Ketchen, W. J. Gallagher, and A. Kleinsasser
IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Received 12 August 1991; published in the issue dated 16 December 1991

Measurements have been made of the low-temperature magnetic response of single, isolated, micron-size Au loops. The magnetic response is found to contain a component which oscillates with the applied magnetic flux with a fundamental period of Φ0=h/e. The amplitude of the oscillatory component corresponds to a persistent current of ≃(0.3–2.0)evF/L, 1 to 2 orders of magnitude larger than predicted by current theories.

© 1991 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3578
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3578
PACS:
75.20.En, 05.30.Fk, 73.20.Dx