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The current-voltage characteristics of Josephson junctions exhibit a subharmonic gap structure (SGS), denoting jumps at specific voltages. While the prevalent multiple Andreev reflection theory matches the experimentally observed SGS, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-09 Aritra Lahiri , Sang-Jun Choi , Björn Trauzettel

We report new measurements on sup-gap energy structure originating from multiple Andreev reflections in mesoscopic SNS junctions. The junctions were fabricated in a planar geometry with high transparency superconducting contacts of Al…

The planar-diagrammatic technique of large-$N$ random matrices is extended to evaluate averages over the circular ensemble of unitary matrices. It is then applied to study transport through a disordered metallic ``grain'', attached through…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 N. Argaman , A. Zee

The coupling of two s-wave superconductors through a small magnetic dot is discussed. Assuming that the dot charging energy is small compared to the superconducting gap, $E_c\ll \Delta$, and that the moment of the dot is classical, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Andersson , J. C. Cuevas , M. Fogelstrom

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

We extend the circuit theory of superconductivity to cover transport and proximity effect in mesoscopic systems that contain unconventional superconductor junctions. The approach fully accounts for zero-energy Andreev bound states forming…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Tanaka , Yu. V. Nazarov , S. Kashiwaya

We review transport measurements in a normal metal (N) in contact with one or two superconducting (S) islands. From the experiment, we distinguish the Josephson coupling, the mesoscopic fluctuations and the proximity effect. In a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 P. Charlat , H. Courtois , Ph. Gandit , D. Mailly , A. F. Volkov , B. Pannetier

The incoherent regime of Multiple Andreev Reflections (MAR) is studied in long diffusive SNS junctions at applied voltages larger than the Thouless energy. Incoherent MAR is treated as a transport problem in energy space by means of a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-02-10 E. V. Bezuglyi , E. N. Bratus' , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin , H. Takayanagi

Using an approach based on quasiclassical Green's functions we present a theoretical study of transport in mesoscopic S/N structures in the diffusive limit. The subgap conductance in S/N structures with barriers (zero bias and finite bias…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. F. Volkov , V. V. Pavlovskii , R. Seviour

We investigate ac Josephson effect in the resonant tunneling through mesoscopic superconducting junctions. In the presence of microwave irradiation, we show that the trajectory of multiple Andreev reflections can be closed by emitting or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-08-03 Yu Zhu , Qing-feng Sun , Wei Li , Zhong-shui Ma , Tsung-han Lin

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

Mesoscopic superconducting-normal-metal-superconducting (S-N-S) junctions with a large separation between the superconducting electrodes (i.e. wide junctions) exhibit nonequilibrium supercurrents, even at temperatures for which the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Nathan Argaman

We review the mesoscopic transport in a diffusive proximity superconductor made of a normal metal (N) in metallic contact with a superconductor (S). The Andreev reflection of electrons on the N-S interface is responsible for the diffusion…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Courtois , Ph. Gandit , B. Pannetier , D. Mailly

Bijunctions are three-terminal Josephson junctions where three superconductors are connected by a single weak link made of a metallic region or of quantum dots. Biasing two of the superconductors with commensurate voltages yields Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 R. Mélin , D. Feinberg , H. Courtois , C. Padurariu , A. Pfeffer , J. E. Duvauchelle , F. Lefloch , T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , T. Martin , B. Douçot

The transport through a metal-superconductor interface is governed by a special charge conversion process, the Andreev reflection, where each incident electron drags another electron with itself to form a Cooper pair. At the normal side a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-04-25 A. Geresdi , A. Halbritter , G. Mihály

We study systematically the scattering processes and the conductance spectra in nodal-line semimetalsuperconductor junctions using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk theory. The coexistence of peculiar quadruple reflections are found,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-11 Qiang Cheng , Zhe Hou , Qing-Feng Sun

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 use the Landauer-B\"uttiker scattering theory for electronic transport to calculate the current cross-correlations in a voltage-biased three-terminal junction with all superconducting leads. At low bias voltage, when charge transport is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 Roman-Pascal Riwar , Driss M. Badiane , Manuel Houzet , Julia S. Meyer , Yuli V. Nazarov

We study nonequilibrium effects in current transport through voltage biased tunnel junction with long diffusive superconducting leads at low applied voltage, $eV \ll 2\Delta$, and finite temperatures. Due to a small value of the Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-01-11 E. V. Bezuglyi , A. S. Vasenko , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin

We study theoretically electronic transport through a normal metal-- superconductor (NS) interface and show that more than one conductance may be defined, depending on the pair of chemical potentials whose difference one chooses to relate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Sols , J. Sánchez-Cañizares