Publication
Title
The Cooper problem in nanoscale : enhancement of the coupling due to confinement
Author
Abstract
In 1956 Cooper demonstrated (1956 Phys. Rev. 104 1189) that, no matter how weak the attraction is, two electrons in three-dimensional (3D) space just above the Fermi sea could be bound. In this work we investigate the influence of confinement on the binding energy of a Cooper pair. We show that confinement-induced modification of the Fermi sea results in a significant increase of the binding energy, when the bottom of an energy subband is very close to the Fermi surface.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Superconductor science and technology. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2012
ISSN
0953-2048
DOI
10.1088/0953-2048/25/12/124001
Volume/pages
25 :12 (2012) , p. 1-5
Article Reference
124001
ISI
000311418100004
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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