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arxiv: cond-mat/0407029 · v1 · submitted 2004-07-01 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.supr-con

Noise and Full Counting Statistics of Incoherent Multiple Andreev Reflection

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.supr-con
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We present a general theory for the full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflections in incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts. The theory, based on a stochastic path integral approach, is applied to a superconductor-double barrier system. It is found that all cumulants of the current show a pronounced subharmonic gap structure at voltages $V=2\Delta/en$. For low voltages $V\ll\Delta/e$, the counting statistics results from diffusion of multiple charges in energy space, giving the $p$th cumulant $<Q^p> \propto V^{2-p}$, diverging for $p\geq 3$. We show that this low-voltage result holds for a large class of incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts.

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