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We generalize the Landauer formula to describe the dissipative electron transport through a superconducting point contact. The finite-temperature, linear-in-bias, dissipative DC conductance is expressed in terms of the phase- and…
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We present a multiprobe recursive Green's function method to compute the transport properties of mesoscopic systems using the Landauer-B\"uttiker approach. By introducing an adaptive partition scheme, we map the multiprobe problem into the…
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