• 文献标题:   Cooper-pair propagation and superconducting correlations in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GONZALEZ J, PERFETTO E
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   CSIC
  • 被引频次:   20
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155404
  • 出版年:   2007

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the Cooper-pair propagation and the Josephson effect in graphene under conditions in which the distance L between superconducting electrodes is much larger than the width W of the contacts. In the case of undoped graphene, we show that supercurrents may exist with a spatial decay proportional to W(2)/L(3), reminiscent of the behavior of the critical current in disordered normal metals. We observe that there is in general a crossover temperature T(*)similar to v(F)/k(B)L that marks the onset of the strong decay of the supercurrent and that corresponds to the scale above which the Cooper pairs are disrupted by thermal effects during their propagation. We also show that the spatial decay of the critical current changes upon doping into a 1/L(2) behavior, opening the possibility to observe a supercurrent over length scales above 1 mu m at suitable doping levels.