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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015) Année : 2004

Subgap noise of a superconductor-normal-metal tunnel interface

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It is well established that the subgap conductivity through a normal-metal-insulator-superconductor (NIS) tunnel junction is strongly affected by interference of electron waves scattered by impurities. In this paper we investigate how the same phenomenon affects the low frequency current noise, $S$, for voltages $V$ and temperatures $T$ much smaller than the superconducting gap. If the normal metal is at equilibrium we find that the simple relation $S(V,T) = 4e {\rm coth} (eV/T) I(V,T) $ holds quite generally even for non-linear $I$-$V$ characteristics. Only when the normal metal is out of equilibrium, noise and current become independent. Their ratio, the Fano factor, depends then on the details of the layout.

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hal-00133106 , version 1 (23-02-2007)

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F. Pistolesi, G. Bignon, Frank. W. J. Hekking. Subgap noise of a superconductor-normal-metal tunnel interface. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2004, 69, pp.214518. ⟨hal-00133106⟩

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