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Non local Andreev reflection in a carbon nanotube superconducting quantum interference device

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2008-01-29 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We investigate a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) based on carbon nanotubes in a fork geometry [J.-P. Cleuziou {\it et al.}, Nature Nanotechnology {\bf 1}, 53 (2006)], involving tunneling of evanescent quasiparticles through a superconductor over a distance comparable to the superconducting coherence length, with therefore ``non local'' processes generalizing non local Andreev reflection and elastic cotunneling. Non local processes induce a reduction of the critical current and modify the current-phase relation. We discuss arbitrary interface transparencies. Such devices in fork geometries are candidates for probing the phase coherence of crossed Andreev reflection.

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@article{arxiv.0705.4215,
  title  = {Non local Andreev reflection in a carbon nanotube superconducting quantum interference device},
  author = {S. Duhot and R. Mélin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.4215},
  year   = {2008}
}
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