Phonon engineering in proximity enhanced superconductor heterostructures

Abstract In this research, we tailor the phonon density of states (DOS) in thin superconducting films to suppress quasiparticle losses. We examine a model system of a proximity-enhanced three-layered Al/Nb/Al heterostructure and show that the local quantized phonon spectrum of the ultrathin Al cladd...

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Main Authors: Yong-Chao Tang, Sangil Kwon, Hamid R. Mohebbi, David G. Cory, Guo-Xing Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04057-1