Can mesoscopic fluctuations reverse the supercurrent through a disordered Josephson junction?
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We calculate the Josephson coupling energy (related to the supercurrent ) for a disordered normal metal between two superconductors with a phase difference . We demonstrate that the symmetry of the scattering matrix of non-interacting quasiparticles in zero magnetic field implies that has a minimum at . A maximum (that would lead to a -junction or negative superfluid density) is excluded for any realization of the disorder.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106018,
title = {Can mesoscopic fluctuations reverse the supercurrent through a disordered Josephson junction?},
author = {M. Titov and Ph. Jacquod and C. W. J. Beenakker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106018},
year = {2007}
}
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