The excitation spectrum of mesoscopic proximity structures

Details The excitation spectrum of mesoscopic proximity structures The excitation spectrum of mesoscopic proximity structures

2000-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006222v1

Phys. Rev. B 62, 12462 (2000).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

7 pages, 8 figures (included), submitted to PRB

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.62.12462

We investigate one aspect of the proximity effect, viz., the local density of states of a superconductor-normal metal sandwich. In contrast to earlier work, we allow for the presence of an arbitrary concentration of impurities in the structure. The superconductor induces a gap in the normal metal spectrum that is proportional to the inverse of the elastic mean free path l_N for rather clean systems. For a mean free path much shorter than the thickness of the normal metal, we find a gap size proportional to l_N that approaches the behavior predicted by the Usadel equation (diffusive limit). We also discuss the influence of interface and surface roughness, the consequences of a non-ideal transmittivity of the interface, and the dependence of our results on the choice of the model of impurity scattering.

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