Quantum interference and the formation of the proximity effect in chaotic normal-metal/superconducting structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Taras Semchuk, D ^a   Altland, Alexander ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CONDUCTOR; DENSITY; ENERGY; MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034902934     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.014512     Document Type: Article

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