ISSN:
1573-7357
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The influence of impurities and of an interface barrier on the critical temperature of a superconductor-normal (SN) metal sandwich is studied in the Cooper limit. The investigations are based on new equations which allow us to deal with inhomogeneous, dirty superconducting systems near the critical temperature. In contrast with previous treatments, it is shown that at finite film thicknesses,T c is not only dependent on the N to S thickness ratio, but also on the absolute thickness values, the transmission probability of the interface barrier, and the mean free electron paths. Our results permit the determination of the stay probabilities of McMillan 's tunneling model and the effective length of de Gennes' extended boundary condition on the integral kernel which determinesT c. Finally, it is shown how the conventional Cooper limit result forT c by de Gennes is approached.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00117900
