Mesoscopic superconductivity

Quantum entangled states and reduction of the wave packet

G. B. Lesovik

L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 2, 117940 Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: The paper deals with entangled electron states arising in a normal conductor located near a superconductor. Such paired entangled states can be treated as decomposed Cooper pairs. Some general problems of the theory of measurements are also considered.

PACS: 74.20.-z, 74.70.-b, 74.80.-g, 03.65.Ud

Language: English

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2001, 44:10 suppl., s74–s76

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