Supercurrent noise in quantum point contacts
摘要
Spectral density of current fluctuations in a short ballistic superconducting quantum point contact is calculated for arbitrary bias voltages . Contrary to a common opinion that the supercurrent flow in Josephson junctions is coherent process with no fluctuations, we find extremely large current noise that is {\em caused} by the supercurrent coherence. An unusual feature of the noise, besides its magnitude, is its voltage dependence: the noise decreases with increasing , despite the fact that the dc current grows steadily with . At finite voltages the noise can be qualitatively understood as the shot noise of the large charge quanta of magnitude equal to the charge transferred during one period of Josephson oscillations.
引用
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9511128,
title = {Supercurrent noise in quantum point contacts},
author = {D. Averin and H. Imam},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9511128},
year = {2009}
}
备注
12 pages, revtex, 2 figures by fax/conventional mail upon request