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Supercurrent and Conductance Quantization in a Superconducting Quantum Point Contact

2004/05/11 by Thilo Bauch, T. Bauch, Bauch, T. +13
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0405205

5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2004/05/11 · openalex publication_date 2004/05/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We study the quantization of the supercurrent and conductance of a superconducting quantum point contact (SQPC) in a superconductor-two dimensional electrongas-superconductor (S-2DEG-S) Josephson junction with a split gate. The supercurrent and the conductance values change stepwise as a function of the gate voltage. We observe the onset of the first transport mode contributing both to the supercurrent and the conductance of the SQPC. Furthermore the steps in the supercurrent and the conductance appear at the same gate voltage values. This shows, that each transport mode in the SQPC contributes both to the normal state conductance and to the supercurrent.

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