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Noise and Full Counting Statistics of Incoherent Multiple Andreev Reflection

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We present a general theory for the full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflections in incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts. The theory, based on a stochastic path integral approach, is applied to a superconductor-double barrier system. It is found that all cumulants of the current show a pronounced subharmonic gap structure at voltages V=2Δ/enV=2\Delta/en. For low voltages VΔ/eV\ll\Delta/e, the counting statistics results from diffusion of multiple charges in energy space, giving the ppth cumulant <Qp>V2p<Q^p> \propto V^{2-p}, diverging for p3p\geq 3. We show that this low-voltage result holds for a large class of incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0407029,
  title  = {Noise and Full Counting Statistics of Incoherent Multiple Andreev Reflection},
  author = {S. Pilgram and P. Samuelsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0407029},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures