Publication
Title
Superconducting nanowires: quantum confinement and spatially dependent Hartree-Fock potential
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Abstract
It is well known that, in bulk, the solution of the Bogoliubovde Gennes equations is the same whether or not the HartreeFock term is included. Here the HartreeFock potential is position independent and so gives the same contribution to both the single-electron energies and the Fermi level (the chemical potential). Thus, the single-electron energies measured from the Fermi level (they control the solution) stay the same. This is not the case for nanostructured superconductors, where quantum confinement breaks the translational symmetry and results in a position-dependent HartreeFock potential. In this case its contribution to the single-electron energies depends on the relevant quantum numbers. We numerically solved the Bogoliubovde Gennes equations with the HartreeFock term for a clean superconducting nanocylinder and found a shift of the curve representing the thickness-dependent oscillations of the critical superconducting temperature to larger diameters.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics : condensed matter. - London
Publication
London : 2009
ISSN
0953-8984
DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/21/43/435701
Volume/pages
21 :43 (2009) , p. 435701,1-435701,7
ISI
000270642700012
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 22.01.2024
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