Abstract:
The emergence of novel fabrication techniques in the last decade has allowed the fabrication of superconducting nanowires which are 1-dimensional. These nanowires allowed the exploration of a superconducting regime previously not accessible. The nanowires exhibit a variety of behaviors depending on material, size, type of electrical contacts. These behaviors include macroscopic quantum tunneling, superconductor-insulator transition, superconductor-metal transition, and anti-proximity effect. The book introduces superconductivity and highlights the key differences introduced by the 1-dimensionality of the sample under study, compared to conventional 3-dimensional bulk samples. The focus of the book is the transport in 1-dimensional superconductors. Theories relevant to experiment are described and emphasis placed on experimental results and their connection to the theoretical predictions. The experimental results obtained in the last years are tightly related to the emergence of novel fabrication techniques which are also described.
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