3 papers
cond-mat.mes-hall2019
Proximity-induced gap in nanowires with a thin superconducting shell
Thomas Kiendl, Felix von Oppen, Piet W. Brouwer
Coupling a normal metal wire to a superconductor induces an excitation gap in the normal metal. In the absence of disorder, the induced excitation gap is strongly suppressed by fin…
cond-mat.mes-hall2018
Renormalization effects in spin-polarized metallic wires proximitized by a superconductor: A scattering approach
Thomas Kiendl, Felix von Oppen, Piet W. Brouwer
Spin-polarized normal-metal wires coupled to a superconductor can host Majorana states at their ends. These decay into the bulk and are protected by a minigap in the spectrum. Prev…
cond-mat.mes-hall2017
Effects of nonmagnetic disorder on the energy of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states
Thomas Kiendl, Felix von Oppen, Piet W. Brouwer
We study the sensitivity of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, bound states that form around magnetic scatterers in superconductors, to the presence of nonmagnetic disorder in both two and t…