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Proximity effect and the thermodynamic properties of superconducting thin films

R. L. Kobes, J. P. Whitehead

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.36.121 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

A straightforward method for the self-consistent solution of the Bogoliubov equations for a class of geometries which includes the case of superconducting thin films is presented. Solutions of the gap equation obtained from the self-consistency condition imposed on the pair amplitude are studied and the temperature and thickness dependence of the gap is obtained. The results obtained are compared, where appropriate, with the corresponding results in Ginzburg-Landau theory and the McMillan tunneling model.

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