Conductance and current noise of a superconductor/ferromagnet quantum point contact

Details Conductance and current noise of a superconductor/ferromagnet quantum point contact Conductance and current noise of a superconductor/ferromagnet quantum point contact

2008-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/0802.3269v1

Phys. Rev. B 77, 064517 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.064517

We study the conductance and current noise of a superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) single channel Quantum Point Contact (QPC) as a function of the QPC bias voltage, using a scattering approach. We show that the Spin-Dependence of Interfacial Phase Shifts (SDIPS) acquired by electrons upon scattering by the QPC can strongly modify these signals. For a weakly transparent contact, the SDIPS induces sub-gap resonances in the conductance and differential Fano factor curves of the QPC. For high transparencies, these resonances are smoothed, but the shape of the signals remain extremely sensitive to the SDIPS. We show that noise measurements could help to gain more information on the device, e.g. in cases where the SDIPS modifies qualitatively the differential Fano factor of the QPC but not the conductance.

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