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Square-well model for superconducting pair-potential

Superconductivity 2024-10-21 v2

Abstract

We study Andreev reflection in a one-dimensional square-well pair-potential. We discuss the history of the model. The current-phase relation is presented as a sum over Matsubara frequencies. How the current arises from bound and continuum levels is found by analytic continuation. We discuss two limiting cases of the square-well potential, the zero-length well and the infinite well. The model is quantitatively valid in some cases but forms the basis for understanding a wide range of problems in inhomogeneous superconductivity and superfluidity.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2405.07659,
  title  = {Square-well model for superconducting pair-potential},
  author = {Erkki Thuneberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07659},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

12 pages, 6 figures. This version of the article has been accepted for publication in A.F. Andreev Memorial Collection, after peer review but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections

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