×
 Physics at Virginia

"Fate of the Josephson Effect in Thin-film Superconductors"


Gil Refael , Caltech
[Host: Victor Galitski]
ABSTRACT:
The dc Josephson effect is a probe of the fundamental nature of the superconducting state. In this talk, I will analyze the case of two superconducting thin films connected by a point contact. Remarkably, the Josephson effect is absent at nonzero temperature, even below the K-T transition of the films, and the resistance across the contact is nonzero. Moreover, the point contact resistance is found to vary with temperature in a nearly activated fashion, with a universal energy barrier determined only by the superfluid stiffness characterizing the films, an angle characterizing the geometry, and whether or not the Coulomb interaction between Cooper pairs is screened. As will be shown, this should be testable even in finite systems at a proper range of length-scales and temperatures.
Condensed Matter Seminar
Thursday, March 30, 2006
4:00 PM
Physics Building, Room 204
Note special time.
Note special room.

 Add to your calendar

To add a speaker, send an email to phys-speakers@Virginia.EDU. Please include the seminar type (e.g. Condensed Matter Seminars), date, name of the speaker, title of talk, and an abstract (if available).