MESOSCOPIC TRANSPORT IN TUNABLE ANDREEV INTERFEROMETERS

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作者
DEVEGVAR, PGN
FULTON, TA
MALLISON, WH
MILLER, RE
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[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1416
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Low temperature transport measurements have been performed on nanofabricated Au wires a few mu m long contacting two Nb electrodes whose superconducting phase difference Delta theta was externally controlled. Delta theta was generated by passing a known supercurrent through a series array of 28 Nb-AlOx- Nb Josephson junctions. The conductance of the Au wire displays a component in Delta theta with period 2 pi. These conductance oscillations arise from the change in scattering boundary conditions of quasiparticles in the Au wire at the Au-Nb interfaces due to Andreev reflection.
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页码:1416 / 1419
页数:4
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