Equilibrium circular photogalvanic effect in a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor system
Superconductivity
2015-05-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
A dc electric current can be induced in a hybrid semiconductor-superconductor system under illumination it by a circularly polarized light with the frequency below the energy of semiconductor interband transitions. In conditions when the light beam is unable to create real electron-hole excitations, this phenomenon is reminiscent of the Meissner effect in the static magnetic field. Such an effect can be employed in systems combining cavity photons and superconducting quantum circuits.
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@article{arxiv.1109.0124,
title = {Equilibrium circular photogalvanic effect in a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor system},
author = {A. G. Mal'shukov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0124},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 fig., accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Letters