Reflectionless tunneling in ballistic normal-metal--superconductor junctions

Details Reflectionless tunneling in ballistic normal-metal--superconductor junctions Reflectionless tunneling in ballistic normal-metal--superconductor junctions

2001-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104343v2

Phys. Rev. B 64, 224513 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.64.224513

We investigate the phenomenon of reflectionless tunneling in ballistic normal-metal--superconductor (NS) structures, using a semiclassical formalism. It is shown that applied magnetic field and superconducting phase difference both impair the constructive interference leading to this effect, but in a qualitatively different way. This is manifested both in the conductance and in the shot noise properties of the system considered. Unlike diffusive systems, the features of the conductance are sharp, and enable fine spatial control of the current, as well as single channel manipulations. We discuss the possibility of conducting experiments in ballistic semiconductor-superconductor structures with smooth interfaces and some of the phenomena, specific to such structures, that could be measured. A general criterion for the barrier at NS interfaces, though large, to be effectively transparent to pair current is obtained.

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