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We study a model for superconductor-normal-metal superlattices in which adjacent layers are coupled via single-particle hopping. Examples include the high-T c superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, where the BiO sheets seem to have normal metallic character. Using a BCS treatment, we investigate the influence of the interlayer hopping between the superconducting and the normal-metal slabs on the superconducting density of states, the tunneling characteristics for tunneling into both superconducting and normal-metal slabs as well as the temperature dependence of the London penetration depth.
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Frick, M., Schneider, T. Microscopic description of superconductor-normal-metal superlattices. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 88, 123–129 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323562
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