OBSERVATION OF CARRIER-CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT REFLECTIONLESS TUNNELING IN A SUPERCONDUCTOR 2-DIMENSIONAL-ELECTRON-GAS SUPERCONDUCTOR STRUCTURE

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作者
BAKKER, SJM
VANDERDRIFT, E
KLAPWIJK, TM
JAEGER, HM
RADELAAR, S
机构
[1] UNIV GRONINGEN,DEPT APPL PHYS,9747 AG GRONINGEN,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV GRONINGEN,CTR MAT SCI,9747 AG GRONINGEN,NETHERLANDS
[3] UNIV CHICAGO,JAMES FRANCK INST,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[4] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 18期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.13275
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report on the conductance of a short (<100 nm) silicon-based two-dimensional electron gas with superconducting source and drain electrodes. Below 1 K a zero-bias enhanced conductance is observed which depends on the carrier concentration in the electron gas. The data can qualitatively be understood as due to reflectionless tunneling, i.e., quantum-coherent-enhanced Andreev scattering.
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页码:13275 / 13278
页数:4
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