期刊
PHYSICA C
卷 352, 期 1-4, 页码 67-72出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(00)01679-8
关键词
mesoscopic superconductivity; ferromagnetism; quantum point contacts; subgap structure
We present a theoretical approach to the transport properties of normal (N) and ferromagnetic (F) atomic-size contacts between superconducting (S) electrodes. This approach is based on non-equilibrium Green function techniques and a Hamiltonian description of the electron transfer processes in the constriction region. For a normal atomic-size contact the theory allows to relate the conduction channels to the atomic orbital structure. In the ferromagnetic case spin polarization gives rise to a spin dependent transmission distribution. For the case of S-N-S constrictions this theory predicts a d.c, current and shot noise in remarkable agreement with recent experimental results. We also analyze S-F and S-F-S constrictions. In this last case the current-voltage characteristic exhibits a very peculiar subgap structure associated to the competition between the multiple Andreev reflection mechanism and the ferromagnetic spin polarization. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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