Quantum phase slips and voltage fluctuations in superconducting nanowires
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2019-01-10 v1 Superconductivity
Abstract
We argue that quantum phase slips (QPS) may generate non-equilibrium voltage fluctuations in superconducting nanowires. In the low frequency limit we evaluate all cumulants of the voltage operator which obey Poisson statistics and show a power law dependence on the external bias. We specifically address quantum shot noise which power spectrum may depend non-monotonously on temperature. In the long wire limit decreases with increasing frequency and vanishes beyond a threshold value of at . Our predictions can be directly tested in future experiments with superconducting nanowires.
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@article{arxiv.1901.02575,
title = {Quantum phase slips and voltage fluctuations in superconducting nanowires},
author = {Andrew G. Semenov and Andrei D. Zaikin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.02575},
year = {2019}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures, International Conference Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics Prague, Czech Republic 27 July - 1 August 2015