3 SIGNATURES OF PHASE-COHERENT ANDREEV REFLECTION

被引:114
作者
MARMORKOS, IK [1 ]
BEENAKKER, CWJ [1 ]
JALABERT, RA [1 ]
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[1] CEA SACLAY, SERV PHYS ETAT CONDENSE, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.2811
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
An efficient numerical scheme is developed to compute the differential conductance G(NS) of a disordered normal-metal-superconductor (NS) junction at voltages V and magnetic fields B. A sharp peak is found in G(NS) around V, B = 0 in the case of a resistive NS interface, as observed experimentally and confirming the theory of ''reflectionless tunneling.'' An ideal interface shows a conductance dip, due to an enhanced weak-localization effect. Finally, it is demonstrated that time-reversal-symmetry breaking does not reduce the ''universal conductance fluctuations'' in G(NS) by a factor of 2.
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