Andreev reflection and tunneling spectrum in a superlattice of metal-superconductor junctions

被引:2
作者
LiMing, W. [1 ]
Luo, Jia-Yun
Cai, Xiao-Xue
Sha, Ke
Yin, Cheng-Ping
Hu, Liang-Bin
机构
[1] S China Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Telecommun Engn, Dept Phys, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Andreev reflection; metal-superconductor junction; BTK approach; SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1007/s11467-013-0291-2
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The tunneling spectrum of an electron and a hole in a superlattice of NS junctions is computed using the BTK approach and the transfer matrix method. It shows sharp resonances at some energies above the superconducting gap. The sharper the resonance is the more layers the superlattice has. We find for the first time a mechanism to balance the incident and outgoing currents on the superlattice by averaging over the phase between the incident electron and the incident hole. This mechanism is more natural and physical than those in literatures.
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页数:5
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