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Interference of two electrons entering a superconductor

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The subgap conductivity of a normal-superconductor (NS) tunnel junction is thought to be due to tunneling of two electrons. There is a strong interference between these two electrons, originating from the spatial phase coherence in the normal metal at a mesoscopic length scale and the intrinsic coherence of the superconductor. We evaluated the interference effect on the transport through an NS junction. We propose the layouts to observe drastic Aharonov-Bohm and Josephson effects.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9302035,
  title  = {Interference of two electrons entering a superconductor},
  author = {F. W. J. Hekking and Yu. V. Nazarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9302035},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages REVTex, [PostScript] figures upon request

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