Proximity effect, Andreev reflections, and charge transport in mesoscopic superconducting/semiconducting heterostructures

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-681

  Jacobs, A ^a   Kummel R ^a   Plehn, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON GAS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; PROXIMITY EFFECTS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0345009048     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1999.0718     Document Type: Article

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