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Manipulating Andreev and Majorana Resonances in Nanowires

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In Chap. 6 we studied the effect of a voltage pulse on a Josephson junction, and saw several interesting effects due principally to the unique role that the Andreev bound states play in superconducting systems.

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Notes

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    This difference was extensively studied in Ref. [2].

  2. 2.

    We have dropped the spin index as the transport is spin independent.

  3. 3.

    We have dropped the spin index as the transport is spin independent.

  4. 4.

    So called because there is an Andreev reflection involved.

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Weston, J. (2017). Manipulating Andreev and Majorana Resonances in Nanowires. In: Numerical Methods for Time-Resolved Quantum Nanoelectronics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63691-7_7

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