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The Superconducting Proximity Effect in Semiconductor-Superconductor Systems: Ballistic Transport, Low Dimensionality and Sample Specific Properties

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The superconducting proximity effect describes the interaction between a superconductor and the electronic properties of a normal conductor. Its manifestations for transport are twofold: First, the presence of superconducting electrodes can modify the normal (dissipative) transport. Second, the presence of two (or more) superconductors can allow a dissipationless supercurrent to flow through a normal conductor. In both cases coherent Andreev reflection is the key underlying phenomenon. As we will show in this chapter, its effect on the transport is directly linked to the scattering properties of the normal region.

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    Bart J. van Wees

  2. Basic Research Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243-01, Japan

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van Wees, B.J., Takayanagi, H. (1997). The Superconducting Proximity Effect in Semiconductor-Superconductor Systems: Ballistic Transport, Low Dimensionality and Sample Specific Properties. In: Sohn, L.L., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Schön, G. (eds) Mesoscopic Electron Transport. NATO ASI Series, vol 345. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8839-3_13

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