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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 2000 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Physical review letters |
Issue number | 1 |
Volume | 84 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 159-162 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We observe a maximum in the conductance of Al/n-GaAs junctions at temperatures 20 mK lower than the superconducting transition temperature (T-c). This is the first observation of a peak in the conductance near the superconducting transition in superconducting-normal (S/N) junctions. To accommodate this effect we calculate the full temperature dependence of the conductance of these structures, invoking quasiclassical Green's functions in the diffusive limit. In addition to the well-known low-temperature peak at temperatures on the order of the Thouless energy, we find a maximum near T-c. This peak has the same origin as the subgap conductance observed in S/N junctions at low temperatures.