Subgap current in superconducting tunnel junctions with diffusive electrodes

Details Subgap current in superconducting tunnel junctions with diffusive electrodes Subgap current in superconducting tunnel junctions with diffusive electrodes

2006-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0602521v2

Physical Review B v.73, 220506 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.220506

We calculate the subgap current in planar superconducting tunnel junctions with thin-film diffusive leads. It is found that the subharmonic gap structure of the tunnel current scales with an effective tunneling transparency which may exceed the junction transparency by up to two orders of magnitude depending on the junction geometry and the ratio between the coherence length and the elastic scattering length. These results provide an alternative explanation of anomalously high values of the subgap current in tunnelling experiments often ascribed to imperfection of the insulating layer. We also discuss the effect of finite lifetime of quasiparticles as the possible origin of additional enhancement of multiparticle tunnel currents.

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