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Edge effects in the magnetic interference pattern of a ballistic SNS junction

Superconductivity 2016-05-31 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We investigate the Josephson critical current Ic(Φ)I_c(\Phi) of a wide superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) junction as a function of the magnetic flux Φ\Phi threading it. Electronic trajectories reflected from the side edges alter the function Ic(Φ)I_c(\Phi) as compared to the conventional Fraunhofer-type dependence. At weak magnetic fields, BΦ0/d2B\lesssim \Phi_0/d^2, the edge effect lifts zeros in Ic(Φ)I_c(\Phi) and gradually shifts the minima of that function toward half-integer multiples of the flux quantum. At B>Φ0/d2B>\Phi_0/d^2, the edge effect leads to an accelerated decay of the critical current Ic(Φ)I_c(\Phi) with increasing Φ\Phi. At larger fields, eventually, the system is expected to cross into a regime of "classical" mesoscopic fluctuations that is specific for wide ballistic SNS junctions with rough edges.

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@article{arxiv.1603.08567,
  title  = {Edge effects in the magnetic interference pattern of a ballistic SNS junction},
  author = {Hendrik Meier and Vladimir I. Fal'ko and Leonid I. Glazman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08567},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures