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| Author |
Shanenko, A.A.; Croitoru, M.D.; Vagov, A.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Giant drop in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer coherence length induced by quantum size effects in superconducting nanowires |
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A1 Journal article |
Year  |
2010 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
| Volume |
82 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
104524-104524,6 |
| Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
| Abstract |
The BCS coherence length in low-dimensional superconductors is dramatically modified by quantum-size effects. In particular, for nanowires made of conventional superconducting materials, we show that the longitudinal zero-temperature coherence length exhibits width-dependent drops by 23 orders of magnitude each time when the bottom of one of single-electron subbands formed due to the transverse quantization of electron motion is situated in a close vicinity to the Fermi level. This phenomenon has strong similarities to the well-known BCS-BEC (Bose-Einstein condensation) crossover in ultracold fermionic condensates but with an important exception: it is driven by the transverse quantization of the electron motion rather than by the externally controlled strength of the fermion-fermion interaction. |
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000282269600005 |
Publication Date |
2010-09-29 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
| Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
29 |
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| Notes |
; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), and the ESF-network: INSTANS. M. D. C. acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. A. A. S. thanks R. G. Mints, W. V. Pogosov, D. Y. Vodolazov, A. Perali, and A. Bianconi for fruitful discussions. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774 |
| Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85419 |
Serial |
1337 |
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