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تسجيل مستخدم جديدEdge effects in the magnetic interference pattern of a ballistic SNS junction
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We investigate the Josephson critical current $I_c(Phi)$ of a wide superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) junction as a function of the magnetic flux $Phi$ threading it. Electronic trajectories reflected from the side edges alter the function $I_c(Phi)$ as compared to the conventional Fraunhofer-type dependence. At weak magnetic fields, $Blesssim Phi_0/d^2$, the edge effect lifts zeros in $I_c(Phi)$ and gradually shifts the minima of that function toward half-integer multiples of the flux quantum. At $B>Phi_0/d^2$, the edge effect leads to an accelerated decay of the critical current $I_c(Phi)$ with increasing $Phi$. At larger fields, eventually, the system is expected to cross into a regime of classical mesoscopic fluctuations that is specific for wide ballistic SNS junctions with rough edges.
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