The dc Josephson current across a multichannel superconductor–normal-superconductor (SNS) junction is computed by summing contributions from subgap Andreev bound states, as well as from continuum states propagating within the superconducting leads. We show that, in a long multichannel SNS junction, at low temperatures, all these contributions add up, so that the current can be entirely expressed in terms of single-particle normal and Andreev reflection amplitudes at the Fermi level at both SN interfaces. Our derivation applies to a generic number of channels in the normal region and/or in the superconducting leads, without assumptions about scattering processes at theSNinterfaces: if the channels within the central region have the same dispersion relation, it leads to simple analytical formulas for the current at low temperatures; if the channels within the central region have different dispersion relations, it allows for expressing the current in terms of a simple integral involving only scattering amplitudes at the Fermi level. Our result motivates using a low-energy effective boundary Hamiltonian formalism for computing the current, which is crucial for treating Luttinger liquid interaction effects.
dc Josephson current in a long multichannel quantum wire / Giuliano, Domenico; Affleck, I.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1550-235X. - 90(2014), pp. 045133-1-045133-19.
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Titolo: | dc Josephson current in a long multichannel quantum wire |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
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Citazione: | dc Josephson current in a long multichannel quantum wire / Giuliano, Domenico; Affleck, I.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1550-235X. - 90(2014), pp. 045133-1-045133-19. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11770/149773 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |