• 文献标题:   Graphene-based superconducting quantum point contacts
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MOGHADDAM AG, ZAREYAN M
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS AMATERIALS SCIENCE PROCESSING
  • ISSN:   0947-8396 EI 1432-0630
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Adv Studies Basic Sci
  • 被引频次:   20
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00339-007-4187-2
  • 出版年:   2007

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the Josephson effect in the graphene nanoribbons of length L smaller than the superconducting coherence length and an arbitrary width W. We find that in contrast to an ordinary superconducting quantum point contact (SQPC), the critical supercurrent I-c is not quantized for the nanoribbons with smooth and armchair edges. For a low concentration of the carriers, I-c decreases monotonically with lowering W/L and tends to a constant minimum for a narrow nanoribbon with smooth and armchair edges. For a low concentration of the carriers, I-c decreases monotonically with lowering W/L and tends to a constant minimum for a narrow nanoribbon with W less than or similar to L. The minimum Ic is zero for the smooth edges but e Delta(0)/h for the armchair edges. At higher concentrations of the carriers this monotonic variation acquires a series of peaks. Further analysis of the current-phase relation and the Josephson coupling strength IcRN in terms of W/L and the concentration of carriers revels significant differences with those of an ordinary SQPC. On the other hand for a zigzag nanoribbon, we find that, similar to an ordinary SQPC, Ic is quantized but to the half-integer values (n + 1/2)4e Delta(0)/h.