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Wide mesoscopic superconducting - normal-metal - superconducting (S-N-S) junctions exhibit Andreev bound states which carry substantial supercurrents, even at temperatures for which the equilibrium Josephson effect is exponentially small…

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We study quantum transport in ballistic $s_\pm$-wave superconductors where coupling between the two bands is included, and apply our model to three possible probes for detecting the internal phase shift of such a pairing state: tunneling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-08 Iver Bakken Sperstad , Jacob Linder , Asle Sudbø

In the quasi-twodimensional (Q2D) electron gas of an InAs channel between an AlSb substrate and superconducting Niobium layers the proximity effect induces a pair potential so that a Q2D mesoscopic superconducting-normal-superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Arne Jacobs , Reiner Kümmel , Hartmut Plehn

We present a consistent theory of superconductive tunneling in single-mode junctions within a scattering formulation of Bogoliubov-de Gennes quantum mechanics. Both dc Josephson effect and dc quasiparticle transport in voltage biased…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-28 V. S. Shumeiko , E. N. Bratus' , G. Wendin

We develop a microscopic analysis of superconducting and dissipative currents in junctions between superconductors with d-wave symmetry of the order parameter. We study the proximity effect in such superconductors and show that for certain…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Yu. S. Barash , A. V. Galaktionov , A. D. Zaikin

We have studied the current voltage characteristics of diffusive mesoscopic Nb-Cu-Nb Josephson junctions with highly-transparent Nb-Cu interfaces. We consider the low-voltage and high-temperature regime eV<\epsilon_{c}<k_{B}T where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Dubos , H. Courtois , O. Buisson , B. Pannetier

We present a microscopic theory for the current through a tunnel Josephson junction coupled to a non-linear environment, which consists of an Andreev two-level system coupled to a harmonic oscillator. It models a recent experiment…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-13 L. Bretheau , Ç. Girit , M. Houzet , H. Pothier , D. Esteve , C. Urbina

We analyze the nonlinear transport properties of a bilayer exciton condensate that is contacted by four metallic leads by calculating the full counting statistics of electron transport for arbitrary system parameters. Despite its formal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-01 H. Soller , F. Dolcini , A. Komnik

We show that irradiation of a voltage-biased superconducting quantum point contact at frequencies of the order of the gap energy can remove the suppression of subgap dc transport through Andreev levels. Quantum interference among resonant…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 N. I. Lundin , L. Y. Gorelik , R. I. Shekhter , V. S. Shumeiko , M. Jonson

We investigate the proximity effect in junctions between $N=3$ superconductors under commensurate voltage bias. The bias is chosen to highlight the role of transport processes that exchange multiple Cooper pairs coherently between more than…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-01 Ciprian Padurariu , Thibaut Jonckheere , Jérôme Rech , Thierry Martin , Denis Feinberg

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 study theoretically the current-voltage characteristics (IVCs) of the Josephson field effect transistor - a ballistic SNINS junction with superconducting (S) electrodes confining a planar normal metal region (N), which is controlled by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-01 E. V. Bezuglyi , E. N. Bratus' , V. S. Shumeiko

We analyze the subgap spectrum and transport properties of the quantum dot embedded between one superconducting and another metallic reservoirs and additionally coupled to an external boson mode. Emission/absorption of the bosonic quanta…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-24 J. Baranski , T. Domanski

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

With the aid of the Keldysh technique we develop a microscopic theory of non-local electron transport in three-terminal NSN structures consisting of a chaotic superconducting quantum dot attached to one superconducting and two normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-06 D. S. Golubev , A. D. Zaikin

We review recent work on resonant Andreev tunneling through a strongly interacting quantum dot connected to a normal and to a superconducting lead. We derive a general expression for the current flowing in the structure and discuss the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Raimondi , P. Schwab

The problem of Andreev reflection between a normal metal and a multiband superconductor is addressed. The appropriate matching conditions for the wave function at the interface are established on the basis of an extension of quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-05-29 M. A. N. Araujo , P. D. Sacramento

We study transport through one or two ultrasmall quantum dots with discrete energy levels to which a time-dependent field is applied (e.g., microwaves). The AC field causes photon-assisted tunneling and also transitions between discrete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ph. Brune , C. Bruder , H. Schoeller

We study transport in a voltage biased superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junction made of semiconducting nanowires with strong spin-orbit coupling, as it transitions into a topological superconducting phase for increasing Zeeman…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-02 Pablo San-Jose , Jorge Cayao , Elsa Prada , Ramón Aguado

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