Andreev reflection

noun

An·​dre·​ev reflection än-ˈdrā-əf- 

physics

: the reflection of electrons that occurs at a border between a semiconductor and a superconductor

Rather what may mediate the superconductivity are multiple Andreev reflections, a phenomenon the existence of which Aleksander F. Andreev of the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow proposed in 1964.

—Philip Yam, Scientific American, February 1994

called also Andreev scattering

Word History

Etymology

after Aleksandr Fëdorovich Andreev born 1939 Russian physicist

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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