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Minigap in a SN junction with paramagnetic impurities

Benoît Crouzy, Dmitri Ivanov
2005
Journal Articles

Abstract

We study the effect of spin-flip scattering on the density of states in a long diffusive S-N junction with transparent interface. We calculate the critical value of the spin-flip scattering rate at which the minigap closes and give the dependence of the minigap on the spin-flip rate. For the system we consider, the minigap and the critical spin-flip rate have the scale of the Thouless energy, and not of the superconducting gap.

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Benoît Crouzy, Dmitri Ivanov
2005
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/dc8d18aa-c4e3-41da-a619-01e8ab60cb0e

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