Enhancement of the Critical Temperature Induced by the Quantum Size Effect in Superconducting Nanofilms |
| P. Wójcik
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland |
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| The interplay between the quantum size effect and superconductivity in the metallic Al nanofilms has been studied with the use of the self-consistent numerical solutions of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We have shown that the critical temperature of the metallic nanofilm oscillates as a function of the nanofilm thickness. This phenomenon results from the quasi-particle energy quantization induced by the confinement of electrons in the direction perpendicular to the film. For the ultrathin nanofilms with thickness 1-2 nm we have found that the critical temperature increases up to value several times higher as compared to the one measured in the bulk. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.126.A-130 PACS numbers: 74.78.-w, 73.61.-r, 74.78.Na |