Current-voltage characteristic and differential conductance of a point contact and planar tunnel contact between an ordinary metal and superconductor in realistic three-dimensional geometry: Comparison with a one-dimensional case

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-106

  Kupka, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

N S interface; Superconducting microconstriction; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POINT CONTACTS;

DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; PLANAR TUNNEL CONTACTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MICROCONSTRICTION;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0031185891     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(97)00300-6     Document Type: Article

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