Abstract:
The current–voltage characteristics of superconductor–insulator–semiconductor (S1–I–S2) tunnel junctions, where superconducting electrode S2 is a thin nanowire, are studied experimentally. The observed blurring of the gap singularities is interpreted as a manifestation of the order parameter quantum fluctuations. We propose a model taking into account the broadening of the density of states due to the interaction of electrons with the Mooij–Schön plasmon mode emerging in a quasi-one-dimensional superconducting channel in the regime of quantum fluctuations of the order parameter. The model gives results that are in a reasonable qualitative agreement with the experimental data.
Citation:
K. Yu. Arutyunov, J. S. Lehtinen, A. A. Radkevich, A. G. Semenov, A. D. Zaikin, “Density of states of narrow superconducting channels in the regime of quantum fluctuations of the order parameter”, Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 59:11 (2017), 2092–2094; Phys. Solid State, 59:11 (2017), 2110–2113
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\jour Phys. Solid State
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This publication is cited in the following 3 articles:
K Yu Arutyunov, J S Lehtinen, “Quantum Phase Slip as a Dual Process to Josephson Tunneling”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 1190:1 (2019), 012003
Alexey A. Radkevich, Andrew G. Semenov, Andrei D. Zaikin, “Quantum fluctuations and density of states in low-dimensional superconductors”, Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top., 227:15-16 (2019), 2289
J. S. Lehtinen, B. G. L'vov, K. Yu. Arutyunov, “Quantum dynamics of charge in quasi-one-dimensional superconductors”, Phys. Solid State, 60:11 (2018), 2135–2138