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We consider a long diffusive Josephson junction where the weak link is a thin normal metal (N) - ferromagnetic (F) bilayer (N and F form parallel links between the superconductors (S)). We show that superconductivity in the weak link can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-26 P. A. Ioselevich , D. A. Chuklanov

We present fully self-consistent calculations of the thermodynamic properties of three-dimensional clean SNS Josephson junctions, where S is an s-wave short-coherence-length superconductor and N is a clean normal metal. The junction is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Branislav K. Nikolic , J. K. Freericks , P. Miller

The persistent current is here studied in one-dimensional disordered rings that contain interacting electrons. We used the density matrix renormalization group algorithms in order to compute the stiffness, a measure that gives the magnitude…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Gambetti

We consider a single magnetic impurity described by the spin--anisotropic s-d(f) exchange (Kondo) model and formulate scaling equation for the spin-anisotropic model when the density of states (DOS) of electrons is a power law function of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Eugene Kogan , Kazuto Noda , Seiji Yunoki

By measuring the Josephson emission of a diffusive Superconductor-Normal metal-Superconductor (SNS) junction at a finite temperature we reveal a non-trivial sensitivity of the supercurrent to microwave irradiation. We demonstrate that the…

We analyze the influence of the structure within a SNS junction on the multiple Andreev resonances in the subgap I-V characteristics. Coherent interference processes and incoherent propagation in the normal region are considered. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Elena Bascones , Francisco Guinea

We present a theory of the Josephson current in superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) junctions in the presence of generic spin-dependent fields, such as spin-orbit coupling (SOC), Zeeman fields, and altermagnetism. We consider…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-10 Maryam Darvishi , F. Sebastián Bergeret , Stefan Ilić

We present a detailed study of nonequilibrium Josephson currents and conductance in ballistic multiterminal SNS-devices. Nonequilibrium is created by means of quasiparticle injection from a normal reservoir connected to the normal part of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Samuelsson , J. Lantz , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin

We show that a magnetic field can influnce the proximity effect in NS junctions via diamagnetic screening current flowing in the superconductor. Using ballistic quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) electron channels as an example, we show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Grygoriy Tkachov , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

We have analysed the nature of persistent currents in open coupled mesoscopic rings. Our system is comprised of two ideal loops connected to an electron reservoir. We have obtained analytical expressions for the persistent current densities…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 T. P. Pareek , A. M. Jayannavar

We reconsider the study of persistent currents in a disordered one-dimensional ring threaded by a magnetic flux, using he one-band tight-binding model for a ring of N-sites with random site energies. The secular equation for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Heinrichs

A formula for the Josephson current between two superconductors with anisotropic pairing symmetries is derived based on the mean-field theory of superconductivity. Zero-energy states formed at the junction interfaces is one of basic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Yasuhiro Asano

We report the results of several nonequilibrium experiments performed on superconducting/normal/superconducting (S/N/S) Josephson junctions containing either one or two extra terminals that connect to normal reservoirs. Currents injected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Crosser , Jian Huang , F. Pierre , Pauli Virtanen , Tero T. Heikkilä , F. K. Wilhelm , Norman O. Birge

We study transport properties and also local density of states in a clean superconductor-normal metal-superconductor Josephson junction with triplet f-wave superconductors based on the Eilenberger equation. Effects of thickness of normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-05 Yousef Rahnavard , Gholamreza Rashedi , Takehito Yokoyama

We consider the proximity effect in a normal dot coupled to a bulk superconducting reservoir by the tunnel contact with large normal conductance. Coulomb interaction in the dot suppresses the proximity minigap induced in the normal part of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Ostrovsky , M. A. Skvortsov , M. V. Feigel'man

We study proximity-induced superconductivity in gold nanowires as a function of the length of the nanowire, magnetic field, and excitation current. Short nanowires exhibit a sharp superconducting transition, whereas long nanowires show…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Jian Wang , Chuntai Shi , Mingliang Tian , Qi Zhang , Nitesh Kumar , J. K. Jain , T. E. Mallouk , M. H. W. Chan

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

The effect of a magnetic field on Josephson current has been studied for a superconductor/normal-metal/superconductor (SNS) system, where N is a two-dimensional electron gas in a confining potential. It is found that the dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Y. Ishikawa , H. Fukuyama

We study proximity effects in clean nanoscale superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (S$\mid$N$\mid$S) graphene heterostructures using a self-consistent numerical solution to the continuum Dirac Bogoliubov-de Gennes (DBdG) equations. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 Klaus Halterman , Oriol T. Valls , Mohammad Alidoust

We consider a small metallic grain coupled to a superconductor by a tunnel contact. We study the interplay between proximity and charging effects in the presence of the external magnetic field. Employing the adiabatic approximation we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Ostrovsky , Ya. V. Fominov , M. V. Feigel'man