Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2008-08-21
Phys. Rev. B 78, 174526 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.174526
We analyze the crossover from an hc/e-periodicity of the persistent current in flux threaded clean metallic rings towards an hc/2e-flux periodicity of the supercurrent upon entering the superconducting state. On the basis of a model calculation for a one-dimensional ring we identify the underlying mechanism, which balances the hc/e versus the hc/2e periodic components of the current density. When the ring circumference exceeds the coherence length of the superconductor, the flux dependence is strictly hc/2e periodic. Further, we develop a multi-channel model which reduces the Bogoliubov - de Gennes equations to a one-dimensional differential equation for the radial component of the wave function. The discretization of this differential equation introduces transverse channels, whose number scales with the thickness of the ring. The periodicity crossover is analyzed close the critical temperature.
Kampf Arno P.
Kopp Thilo
Loder Florian
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