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Minigap in a SN junction with paramagnetic impurities

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the effect of spin-flip scattering on the density of states in a long diffusive S-N junction with transparent interface. We calculate the critical value of the spin-flip scattering rate at which the minigap closes and give the dependence of the minigap on the spin-flip rate. For the system we consider, the minigap and the critical spin-flip rate have the scale of the Thouless energy, and not of the superconducting gap.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506499,
  title  = {Minigap in a SN junction with paramagnetic impurities},
  author = {B. Crouzy and E. Bascones and D. A. Ivanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506499},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures