MINIMUM CRITICAL LENGTH FOR SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL WIRES

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作者
CHI, CC [1 ]
SANTHANAM, P [1 ]
WIND, SJ [1 ]
BRADY, MJ [1 ]
BUCCHIGNANO, JJ [1 ]
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[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,DIV RES,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.3487
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T [工业技术];
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We have experimentally studied the superconducting behavior of one-dimensional aluminum wires of various lengths. Each wire had much wider two-dimensional contact pads on both sides. At a temperature T below T(c), when the wide pads are driven normal by a perpendicular magnetic field, only samples longer than a critical length, L(c) congruent-to pixi(T), show evidence for superconductivity. This is a direct confirmation of the prediction by Liniger for a normal-metal-superconductor-normal-metal structure with clean interfaces.
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页码:3487 / 3490
页数:4
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