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 . For low voltages , the counting statistics results from diffusion of multiple charges in energy space, giving the th cumulant , diverging for . 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}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures