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We compute the effect of a d-wave magnetization (altermagnetism) on the spectrum of bound states (Andreev levels) in a junction between two s-wave superconductors (gap $\Delta_0$, phase difference $\phi$). Compared to a nonmagnetic…

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Andreev bound states (ABSs) are studied in quantum dot coupled to conventional BCS superconducting leads on the basis of effective slave boson Hamiltonian in an infinite-U (Coulomb interaction) limit followed by Green's function technique.…

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We present a theory of SNS junctions, a normal metal sandwiched between two superconductors, along the crossover from the BCS to the BEC regime. We calculate the Josephson current as a function of the chemical potential relative to the band…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-05 Gautam Rai , Arman Babakhani , Ying Wang , Stephan Haas , Stefan Kettemann

In this work we put forward an exact one-particle framework to study nano-scale Josephson junctions out of equilibrium and propose a propagation scheme to calculate the time-dependent current in response to an external applied bias. Using a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Gianluca Stefanucci , Enrico Perfetto , Michele Cini

We study Multiple Andreev Reflections in long diffusive superconductor(S)-normal metal(N)-superconductor junctions with low-transparency interfaces. Assuming strong thermalization in the weak link we calculate the current-voltage dependence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-16 A. V. Polkin , P. A. Ioselevich

We consider transport through a Josephson junction consisting of a conventional s-wave superconductor coupled via a double quantum dot to a noncentrosymmetric superconductor with both, singlet and triplet pairing. We calculate the Andreev…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-13 Björn Sothmann , Rakesh P. Tiwari

We investigate numerically the Andreev spectrum of a multichannel mesoscopic quantum wire (N) with high spin-orbit interaction coupled to superconducting electrodes (S), contrasting topological and non topological behaviors. In the non…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Anil Murani , Alexei Chepelianskii , Sophie Guéron , Hélène Bouchiat

We extend the basic theory of Andreev reflection (AR) in a normal metal/superconductor junction to the situation with an arbitrary time-dependent bias voltage $V(t)$ across the junction. The central element of the theory is the fact that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Dmitri V. Averin , Gongqi Wang , Andrey S. Vasenko

We develop a general perturbative framework based on a superconducting atomic limit for the description of Andreev bound states (ABS) in interacting quantum dots connected to superconducting leads. A local effective Hamiltonian for dressed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Tobias Meng , Pascal Simon , Serge Florens

We investigate the Andreev-bound-state (ABS) spectra of three-terminal Josephson junctions which consist of 1D topological superconductors (TSCs) harboring multiple zero-energy edge Majorana bound states (MBSs) protected by chiral symmetry.…

The bias-dependent resistance R(V) of NS-junctions is calculated using the Keldysh formalism in all orders of the transfer matrix element. We present a compact and simple formula for the Andreev current, that results from the coupling of…

supr-con · Physics 2009-10-30 F. B. Anders , K. Gloos

Epitaxially grown, high quality semiconductor InSb nanowires are emerging material systems for the development of high performance nanoelectronics and quantum information processing and communication devices, and for the studies of new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-19 H. A. Nilsson , P. Samuelsson , P. Caroff , H. Q. Xu

Andreev reflection is investigated in layered anisotropic normal metal / superconductor (N/S) systems in the case of an energy gap \Delta in S not negligible with respect to the Fermi energy E_F, as it probably occurs with high critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Golubov , F. Tafuri

We present a detailed theoretical description of quantum coherent electron transport in voltage-biased cross-like Andreev interferometers. Making use of the charge conjugation symmetry encoded in the quasiclassical formalism, we elucidate a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-21 Pavel E. Dolgirev , Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei E. Tarkhov , Andrei D. Zaikin

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling are arguably becoming the leading platform for the search of Majorana bound states (MBSs) in engineered topological superconductors. We perform a systematic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-04 Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer , Elsa Prada , Ramón Aguado

We calculate the subgap density of states of a disordered single-channel normal metal connected to a superconductor at one end (NS junction) or at both ends (SNS junction). The probability distribution of the energy of a bound state…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Titov , N. A. Mortensen , H. Schomerus , C. W. J. Beenakker

Interference of electronic waves undergoing Andreev reflection in diffusive conductors determines the energy profile of the conductance on the scale of the Thouless energy. A similar dependence exists in the current noise, but its behavior…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Houzet , F. Pistolesi

We study Andreev bound states in a long shallow normal constriction, which is open to a superconductor at both ends. The interesting features of such setup include the absence of electron-hole symmetry and the interference of electron waves…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Lodder , Yu. V. Nazarov

We review some recent advances in studies of phase-coherent thermoelectric effects in superconducting hybrid structures such as, e.g., Andreev interferometers. We elucidate a number of mechanisms of electron-hole symmetry breaking in such…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-18 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

Taking into account an inner structure of the arms of the Aharonov-Bohm ring (AB ring) we have analyzed the transport features related to the topological phase transition which is induced in a superconducting wire (SC wire) with strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 V. V. Valkov , M. Yu. Kagan , S. V. Aksenov