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Wavepacket-current <--> supercurrent conversion in closed N/S/N circuits

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The rise and decay in space and time of a supercurrent in a superconductor between two normal current leads connected to a reservoir is computed with the help of quasiparticle wavepackets which suffer Andreev scattering in the interfaces between the normal current leads and the superconductor. Stills from a computer movie visualize electron <-> hole scattering and the creation and destruction of the supercurrent.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0009404,
  title  = {Wavepacket-current <--> supercurrent conversion in closed N/S/N circuits},
  author = {Arne Jacobs and Reiner Kümmel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0009404},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure