• DocumentCode
    942213
  • Title

    Andreev reflection current in clean and one-dimensional Nb short weak links

  • Author

    Hamasaki, K. ; Abe, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Niigato, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2215
  • Lastpage
    2218
  • Abstract
    Nb-(fine Nb wires)-NbN short weak links (SWLs) have been reproducibly fabricated by the field evaporation technique. By this method, one could continuously vary the I-V curve from insulator type to tunnel-type to metallic-contact type. The quasiparticle characteristics are qualitatively very similar to the prediction of Klapwijk, Blonder, and Tinkham (KBT) theory for the simple case of two independent normal metal-superconductor interfaces in the clean contact limit.<>
  • Keywords
    Josephson effect; niobium; quasi-particles; superconducting junction devices; type II superconductors; 1D weak links; Andreev reflection current; I-V curve; Nb weak links; Nb-Nb-NbN; clean contact limit; field evaporation technique; normal metal-superconductor interfaces; quasiparticle characteristics; short weak links; Cable insulation; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Electrons; Equations; Fabrication; Metal-insulator structures; Niobium; Pulse measurements; Quantum mechanics; Reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/77.233565
  • Filename
    233565