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Proximity Coupled Systems: Superconductivity at Interfaces is studied .Green’s function theory ,including Keldysh type ones, is used. This allows also to treat non-equilibrium superconductors. Superconducting Junctions ( SNS-type ) and Andreev Interferometers are described and discussed.
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Chandrasekhar, V. (2008). Proximity-Coupled Systems: Quasiclassical Theory of Superconductivity. In: Bennemann, K.H., Ketterson, J.B. (eds) Superconductivity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73253-2_8
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