Excess currents larger than the point contact limit in normal-metal/superconducting junctions

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 683-700

  Riedel, Richard ^a   Bagwell, Philip F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENERGY GAP; POINT CONTACTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; BALLISTIC TRANSPORT; SUPERFLUID FLOW;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0032627199     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1999.0756     Document Type: Article

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