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We present a microscopic theory of transport through quantum dot set-ups coupled to superconducting leads. We derive a master equation for the reduced density matrix to lowest order in the tunneling Hamiltonian and focus on quasiparticle…

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We analyze non-local effects in electron transport across three-terminal normal-superconducting-normal (NSN) structures. Subgap electrons entering S-electrode from one N-metal may form Cooper pairs with their counterparts penetrating from…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-06-13 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

Nonequilibrium effects and their impact on a charge transport in superconducting ballistic weak links biased by an ac voltage are investigated within the framework of the Keldysh technique. We demonstrate that the microwave field destroys…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-02-03 Uwe Gunsenheimer , A. D. Zaikin

We investigate the effect of the superlattice structure on the single particle transport along the c-axis of high temperature superconductors. In particular, superlattice systems that consists of metals/insulators and d-wave superconductors…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Bor-Luen Huang , Chung-Yu Mou

We investigate the subgap transport properties of a S-F-Ne structure. Here S (Ne) is a superconducting (normal) electrode, and F is either a ferromagnet or a normal wire in the presence of an exchange or a spin- splitting Zeeman field…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Ozaeta , A. S. Vasenko , F. W. J. Hekking , F. S. Bergeret

By an exact formulation of tunnelling into a multi-band superconductor in terms of Green's functions, we demonstrate that the multi-band feature of the iron-based superconductors can lead to novel interference between Andreev reflections…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 Da Wang , Yuan Wan , Qiang-Hua Wang

By measuring the Josephson emission of a diffusive Superconductor-Normal metal-Superconductor (SNS) junction at a finite temperature we reveal a non-trivial sensitivity of the supercurrent to microwave irradiation. We demonstrate that the…

As scanning tunneling microscopy is pushed towards fast local dynamics, a quantitative understanding of tunnel junctions under the influence of a fast AC driving signal is required, especially at the ultra-low temperatures relevant to spin…

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

Self-consistent solutions of microscopic Eilenberger theory are presented for a two-dimensional model of a superconducting channel with a geometric constriction. Magnetic fields, external ones as well as those caused by the supercurrents,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-08-29 A. Gumann , T. Dahm , N. Schopohl

We present a general theory for the full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflections in incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts. The theory, based on a stochastic path integral approach, is applied to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Pilgram , P. Samuelsson

The dc Josephson effect is considered from the thermodynamic point of view. Universal thermodynamic equations, relating both bound and continuum contributions to the Josephson current with the normal electron scattering amplitudes are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 A. Krichevsky , M. Schechter , Y. Imry , Y. Levinson

A theory of crossed Andreev reflection in structures consisting of a superconductor with two ferromagnetic leads is presented. The electric current due to the crossed Andreev reflection strongly depends on the relative orientation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Taro Yamashita , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa

Transport through a one--dimensional wire of interacting electrons connected to semi--infinite leads is investigated using a bosonization approach. An incident electron is transmitted as a sequence of partial charges. The dc conductance is…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 I. Safi , H. J. Schulz

We consider a hybrid system consisting of two normal metal leads weakly connected to a superconductor. Current-current correlations of the normal leads are studied in the tunneling limit at subgap voltages and temperatures. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bignon , M. Houzet , F. Pistolesi , F. W. J. Hekking

We study effects of magnetic field on the energy spectrum in a superconducting quantum point contact. The supercurrent induced by the magnetic field leads to intermode transitions between the electron waves that pass and do not pass through…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 N. B. Kopnin , A. S. Mel'nikov , V. M. Vinokur

Crossed Andreev reflection in multiterminal structures in the diffusive regime is addressed within the quasiclassical Keldysh-Usadel formalism. The elastic cotunneling and crossed Andreev reflection of quasiparticles give nonlocal currents…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Brinkman , A. A. Golubov

Novel effects emerge from an interplay between multiple Andreev reflections and Coulomb interaction in quantum dot coupled to superconducting leads and subject to a finite potential bias $V$. Combining an intuitive physical picture with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Yshai Avishai , Anatoly Golub , Andrei D. Zaikin

Predictions are established for linear differential current-current cross-correlations dSab/dV in a symmetrically biased three-terminal normal metal-superconductor-normal metal (NSN) device. Highly transparent contacts turn out to be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-07-12 Axel Freyn , Martina Flöser , Régis Mélin

We calculate the current-pressure characteristics of a ballistic pinhole aperture between two volumes of B-phase superfluid 3He. The most important mechanism contributing to dissipative currents in weak links of this type is the process of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-05-24 J. K. Viljas