dimensional Al wires of length 0.6 to 110 μm. Shorter wires show a peak in resistance as a
function of temperature near T c, with a value above the normal-state resistance. Near the
peak, the resistance decreases sharply in a magnetic field of only a few Oe. In the same
regime, the current-voltage characteristic resembles that of a superconductor-insulator-
normal tunnel junction. These new results may be a manifestation of coherent effects in …