Density of states and the energy gap in Andreev billiards

被引：64

作者：

Lodder, A

Nazarov, YV

机构：

[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Nat Kunde & Sterrenkunde, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

[2] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Tech Nat Kunde, NL-2628 CJ Delft, Netherlands

[3] Delft Univ Technol, DIMES, NL-2628 CJ Delft, Netherlands

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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 58卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5783

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We present numerical results for the local density of states in semiclassical Andreev billiards. We show that the energy gap near the Fermi energy develops in a chaotic billiard. Using the same method, no gap is found in similar square and circular billiards.

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页码：5783 / 5788

页数：6

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