One-Dimensional Superconductivity in Nanowires

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, 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.

From the contents:
Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Superconductivity in
1D Nanowires
• Superconductivity: Basics and Formulation
• 1D Superconductivity: Basic Notions
• Quantum Phase Slips and Quantum Phase Transitions
• Duality
• Proximity Related Phenomena

Part II: Review of Experiments on 1D Superconductivity
• Experimental Technique for Nanowire Fabrication
• Experimental Review of Experiments on
1D Superconducting Nanowires
• Coherent Quantum Phase Slips
• 1D Superconductivity in Related System