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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 SΩS_\Omega may depend non-monotonously on temperature. In the long wire limit SΩS_\Omega decreases with increasing frequency Ω\Omega and vanishes beyond a threshold value of Ω\Omega at T0T \to 0. 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

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