UNIVERSAL LIMIT OF CRITICAL-CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS IN MESOSCOPIC JOSEPHSON-JUNCTIONS

被引:538
作者
BEENAKKER, CWJ
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, INST THEORET PHYS, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
[2] LEIDEN UNIV, INST LORENTZ, 2300 RA LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3836
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The sample-to-sample fluctuations in the critical current of a disordered Josephson junction are analyzed by means of a transmission-matrix formalism. If the junction becomes small compared to the superconducting coherence length, the fluctuations at T = 0 become of order e-DELTA-0/HBAR, dependent only on the energy gap DELTA-0 of the bulk superconductors and independent of junction length or mean free path. This universal limit is reached in weak links formed from point contacts or microbridges.
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页码:3836 / 3839
页数:4
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