The Cooper problem in nanoscale: enhancement of the coupling due to confinement
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en
Article de revue
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Superconductor Science and Technology. 2012, vol. 25, n° 12, p. 124001
IOP Publishing
English 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 ...Read more >
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.Read less <
European Project
Superconductivity in quantum-size regime
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Hal imported