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Shot noise in HTc superconductor quantum point contact system

Superconductivity 2012-10-19 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We study the electrical transport properties of a quantum point contact between a lead and a Hight Tc superconductor. For this, we use the Hamiltonian approach and non-equilibrium Green functions of the system. The electrical current and the shot noise are calculated with this formalism. We consider dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2}, dxyd_{xy}, dx2y2+isd_{x^2-y^2}+is and dxy+isd_{xy}+is symmetries for the pair potential. Also we explore the s+s_{+-} and s++s_{++} symmetries describing the behavior of the ferropnictides superconductors. We found that for dxyd_{xy} symmetry there is not a zero bias conductance peak and for d+isd+is symmetries there is a displacement of the transport properties. From shot noise and current, the Fano factor is calculated and we found that it takes values of effective charge between ee and 2e2e, this is explained by the diffraction of quasiparticles in the contact. For the s+s_{+-} and s++s_{++} symmetries the results show that the electrical current and the shot noise depend on the mixing coefficient, furthermore the effective electric charge can take values between 0 and 2e2e, in contrast with the results obtained for ss wave superconductors.

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@article{arxiv.1210.5019,
  title  = {Shot noise in HTc superconductor quantum point contact system},
  author = {J. A. Celis G. and William J. Herrera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5019},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures