Resistance of mesoscopic S-N-S junctions
Petrashov V. T. , Antonov V. N.
As the dimensions of metallic conductors are reduced, the resistance of the conductors begins to increase, while the magnetoresistance changes sign when the contacts go into a superconducting state. An explanation is proposed on the basis of a quantization of the energy of electrons by virtue of Andreev reflection from N-S interfaces.