Novel voltage signal at proximity effect induced superconducting transition temperature in gold nanowires
arXiv:1803.07863 · doi:10.1007/s11433-018-9210-x
Abstract
We observed a novel voltage peak in the proximity effect induced superconducting gold (Au) nanowire while cooling the sample through the superconducting transition temperature. The voltage peak turned into dip in the warming process. The voltage peak (or dip) was found to be closely related to the emergence (vanishing) of the proximity induced superconductivity in the Au nanowire. The amplitude of the voltage signal depends on the temperature scanning rate and it cannot be detected when the temperature is changed slower than 0.03 K/min. This transient feature suggests the non-equilibrium property of the effect. The voltage peak could be understood by Ginzburg-Landau model as a combined result of the emergence of Cooper pairs with relatively lower free energy in W contact and the non-equilibrium diffusion of Cooper pairs and quasiparticles.
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