Thermodynamic uncertainty relations in superconducting junctions
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2025-11-06 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Superconductivity
Abstract
Quantum conductors attached to metallic reservoirs have been demonstrated to overcome the thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR), a trade-off relation between the amount of dissipation and the absence of charge and heat current fluctuations. Here, we report large TUR violations when superconducting reservoirs replace metallic ones. The coexistence of different transport processes, namely (multiple) Andreev reflection, where electrons and their retro-reflected holes create Cooper pairs, in addition to the normal quasiparticle transport is identified as the source for such TUR breakdowns. The large TUR violation is a remarkable advantage for building low dissipative and highly stable quantum thermal machines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2408.01281,
title = {Thermodynamic uncertainty relations in superconducting junctions},
author = {David Christian Ohnmacht and Juan Carlos Cuevas and Wolfgang Belzig and Rosa López and Jong Soo Lim and Kun Woo Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.01281},
year = {2025}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures