Transport properties of normal and ferromagnetic atomic-size constrictions with superconducting electrodes

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 352, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Martin Rodero A ^a   Levy Yeyati, A ^a   Cuevas, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetism; Mesoscopic superconductivity; Quantum point contacts; Subgap structure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HAMILTONIANS; POINT CONTACTS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

MESOSCOPIC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; QUANTUM POINT CONTACTS; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRODES;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0035304339     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(00)01679-8     Document Type: Article

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