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Using the highly inhomogeneous fields of a magnetic substrate, tunable junctions between superconducting and normal state regions were created inside a thin film superconductor. The investigation of these junctions, created in the same…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-29 J. Fritzsche , R. B. G. Kramer , V. V. Moshchalkov

We study theoretically the current-noise energy dependence for a N-N'-S structure, where N and S stand for bulk normal metal and superconductor, respectively, and N' for a short diffusive normal metal. Using quasiclassical theory of current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bignon , F. Pistolesi , M. Houzet

A theory of tunneling conductance spectra for normal metal/insulator/Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ junction is studied theoretically. We assume several types of pair potentials with triplet symmetries that are promising candidates for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-30 Masashi Yamashiro , Yukio Tanaka , Satoshi Kashiwaya

In a mesoscopic superconductor - normal metal - superconductor (SNS) heterostructure the quasiparticle distribution can be driven far from equilibrium by a voltage applied across the normal metal. This reduces the supercurrent between the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank K. Wilhelm , Gerd Schön , Andrei D. Zaikin

Thermodynamic and transport properties of mesoscopic conductors are strongly influenced by the proximity of a superconductor: An interplay between the large scale quantum coherent wave functions in the normal mesoscopic and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Altland , B. D. Simons , D. Taras-Semchuk

Klein tunneling is an old topic in relativistic quantum physics, and has been observed recently in graphene where massless particles reside. Here, we propose a new heterostructure platform for Klein tunneling to occur, which consists of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-26 Jiajia Huang , Luyang Wang , Dao-Xin Yao

We have studied the problem of coherent and sequential tunneling through a double barrier structure, assisted by light considered to be present All over the structure, i,e emitter, well and collector as in the experimental evidence. By…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Inarrea , G. Platero , C. Tejedor

We study the differential conductance for charge tunneling into a semiconductor wire--superconductor hybrid structure, which is actively investigated as a possible scheme for realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-04 John Stenger , Tudor D. Stanescu

We have fabricated a sub-micron-sized structure consisting of an InAs-based 2DEG, two narrow Nb leads and a gate, where the indirect ballistic transport between the non-oppositely superconducting contacts can be controlled by the voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Bastian , H. Takayanagi

Tunneling conductance spectroscopy in normal metal-superconductor junctions is an important tool for probing Andreev bound states in mesoscopic superconducting devices, such as Majorana nanowires. In an ideal superconducting device, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-17 André Melo , Chun-Xiao Liu , Piotr Rożek , Tómas Örn Rosdahl , Michael Wimmer

This paper considers the conductance through a dirty junction between a normal conductor and a superconductor with an insulating barrier. It is shown that for large barrier resistances there is a relative enhancement of the conductance near…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Sungkit Yip

We calculate the tunneling conductance spectra of a normal metal / insulator / triplet superconductor from the reflection amplitudes using the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) formula. For the triplet superconductor we assume one special…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Stefanakis

Measurements of conductance spectra in a superconductor - topological insulator - normal metal thin film junctions of NbN-$\rm Bi_2Se_3$-Au are reported. Junctions with ex-situ and in-situ prepared $\rm NbN-Bi_2Se_3$ interfaces were…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 Gad Koren , Tal Kirzhner

We study effects of infrared radiations on a two-dimensional BCS superconductor coupled with a normal metal substrate through a tunneling barrier. The phase transition conditions are analyzed by inspecting stability of the system against…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-25 Huiying Liu , Junren Shi

Tunnelling between non-centrosymmetric superconductors with significant spin-orbit splitting is studied theoretically in a two-band treatment of the problem. We find that the critical Josephson current may be modulated by changing the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Børkje , A. Sudbø

Employing an ab initio Screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (SKKR) band structure method for a metal-vacuum-metal junction, we find that the tunnel conductance is different when it is calculated across the barrier and far from it. We attribute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Levy , K. Wang , P. H. Dederichs , C. Heide , S. Zhang , L. Szunyogh , P. Weinberger

We have investigated theoretically the conductance of a Normal-Superconductor point-contact in the tunnel limit and analyzed the quantum interference effects originating from the scattering of quasiparticles by point-like defects.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ye. S. Avotina , Yu. A. Kolesnichenko , J. M. van Ruitenbeek

Many present and future applications of superconductivity would benefit from electrostatic control of carrier density and tunneling rates, the hallmark of semiconductor devices. One particularly exciting application is the realization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 W. Chang , S. M. Albrecht , T. S. Jespersen , F. Kuemmeth , P. Krogstrup , J. Nygård , C. M. Marcus

To test the quality of a tunnel junction, one sometimes fits the bias-dependent differential conductance to a theoretical model, such as Simmons's formula. Recent experimental work by {\AA}kerman and collaborators, however, has demonstrated…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Zhongsheng Zhang , David A. Rabson

We study the transport properties of a NSN structure with an insulating barrier at each NS interface. Coherent quasiparticle scattering is assumed and self-consistency is implemented exactly to guarantee local charge conservation. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Sánchez-Cañizares , F. Sols