Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-06-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
10 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
Motivated by experiments with current biased superconducting atomic point contacts the general problem of nonadiabatic transitions between adiabatic surfaces in presence of strong dissipation is studied. For a single channel device the supercurrent is determined by the diffusive motion of the superconducting phase difference on two Andreev levels. These surfaces are uncoupled only in the adiabatic limit of low to moderate transmissions, while for high transmissions curve crossings are important. Starting from a general master equation of the full density matrix an approximate time evolution equation for the populations on the adiabatic surfaces in the overdamped limit is derived from which the relevant observables can be obtained. Specific results for the case of atomic point contacts are in agreement with experimental observations that cannot be explained by conventional theory.
Ankerhold Joachim
Fritz Hans
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