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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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Abstract
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| 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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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1998 - 2015
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Publication
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Lancaster, Pa
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2010
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ISSN
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1098-0121
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1550-235X
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Volume/pages
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82
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(2010)
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Article Reference
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104524
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ISI
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000282269600005
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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