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We investigate a normal metal -- superconductor (point) contact in the limit where the number of conducting channels in the metallic wire is reduced to few channels. As the effective Fermi energy drops below the gap energy, a conducting…

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We present a theory for the full distribution of current fluctuations in incoherent diffusive superconducting junctions, subjected to a voltage bias. This theory of full counting statistics of incoherent multiple Andreev reflections is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Samuelsson

We study the transport properties of a quasi-two-dimensional diffusive normal metal film attached to a superconductor. We demonstrate that the properties of such films can essentially differ from those of quasi-one-dimensional systems: in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-30 Frank K. Wilhelm , Andrei D. Zaikin , Herve Courtois , .

We have generalized the scattering-matrix theory of multiple Andreev reflections in mesoscopic Josephson junctions to the multi-mode case, and applied it to short superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junctions with diffusive electron…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-02-03 Athanassios Bardas , Dmitri V. Averin

We analyze the charge transport between a one-dimensional weakly interacting electron gas and a superconductor within the scaling approach in the basis of scattering states. We derive the renormalization group equations, which fully account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Titov , M. Mueller , W. Belzig

Phase-coherent diffusive transport through mesoscopic hybrid superconductor/normal metal tunneling structures is investigated. For a N-s-S two-barrier tunneling system with bulk S and N electrodes coupled by a mesoscopic superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-25 A. V. Zaitsev , A. F. Volkov , S. W. D. Bailey , C. J. Lambert

We formulate a microscopic theory of non-local electron transport in three-terminal diffusive normal-superconducting-normal (NSN) structures with arbitrary interface transmissions. At low energies $\varepsilon$ we predict strong enhancement…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 D. S. Golubev , M. S. Kalenkov , A. D. Zaikin

We report the study of ballistic transport in normal metal/graphene/superconductor junctions in edge-contact geometry. While in the normal state, we have observed Fabry-P\'{e}rot resonances suggesting that charge carriers travel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-30 P. Pandey , R. Kraft , R. Krupke , D. Beckmann , R. Danneau

We develop a quasiclassical theory of Andreev interferometers with three superconducting electrodes. Provided tunneling interface resistance between one superconducting electrode and the normal metal strongly exceeds two others, significant…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-04 A. V. Galaktionov , A. D. Zaikin , L. S Kuzmin

We investigate nonequilibrium noise in a diffusive Andreev interferometer, in which currents emerging from two Normal metal/Superconductor (N-S) interfaces can interfere. We observe a modulation of the shot noise when the phase difference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Reulet , A. A. Kozhevnikov , D. E. Prober , W. Belzig , Yu. V. Nazarov

We investigate theoretically charge transport in hybrid multiterminal junctions with superconducting leads kept at different voltages. It is found that multiple Andreev reflections involving several superconducting leads give rise to rich…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-21 M. Houzet , P. Samuelsson

Charge transport in disordered two-dimensional (2D) systems showcases a myriad of unique phenomenologies that highlight different aspects of the underlying quantum dynamics. Electrons in such systems undergo a crossover from ballistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 H. P. Veiga , S. M. João , J. M. Alendouro Pinho , J. P. Santos Pires , J. M. Viana Parente Lopes

Inspired by the microscopic control over dissipative processes in quantum optics and cold atoms, we develop an open-system framework to study dissipative control of transport in strongly interacting fermionic systems, relevant for both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 François Damanet , Eduardo Mascarenhas , David Pekker , Andrew J. Daley

Josephson junctions (JJs), where both time-reversal and inversion symmetry are broken, exhibit a phase shift $\phi_0$ in their current-phase relation. This allows for an anomalous supercurrent to flow in the junction even in the absence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-11 Alberto Hijano , Stefan Ilić , F. Sebastián Bergeret

Transport through a one-dimensional wire of interacting electrons connected to semi infinite leads is investigated using a bosonization approach. The dynamic nonlocal conductivity is rigorously expressed in terms of the transmission. For…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Inès Safi , H. J. Schulz

Solid-state ionic conduction is a key enabler of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. The mechanistic connections between material processing, defect chemistry, transport dynamics, and practical performance are of considerable…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-04 Andrey D. Poletayev , James A. Dawson , M. Saiful Islam , Aaron M. Lindenberg

Quantitative description of charge transport across tunneling and break-junction devices with novel superconductors encounters some problems not present, or not as severe for traditional superconducting materials. In this work, we explain…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-11 E. Zhitlukhina , I. Devyatov , O. Egorov , M. Belogolovskii , P. Seidel

We show that the voltage drop of specially prepared normal-superconducting-normal nanostructures show quantum Andreev oscillations as a function of magnetic field or input current. These oscillations are due to the interference of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-03-25 P. Rödiger , P. Esquinazi , N. García

The theory of the I-V characteristics in diffusive superconductor/weak ferromagnet/superconductor (SFS) junction is developed. We show that the exchange field $h$ of the ferromagnet manifests itself as an additional conductance peak at $eV…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov

Diffusion-driven processes are important phenomena of materials science in the field of energy conversion and transmission. During the conversion from chemical energy to electrical energy, the species diffusion is generally linked to the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-02-23 Jay Santoki