Quantum transport in semiconductor-superconductor microjunctions
| dc.creator | Beenakker, C. W. J. | |
| dc.date | 1994-06-21 | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:02:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:02:24Z | |
| dc.description | Recent experiments on conduction between a semiconductor and a superconductor have revealed a variety of new mesoscopic phenomena. Here is a review of the present status of this rapidly developing field. A scattering theory is described which leads to a conductance formula analogous to Landauer's formula in normal-state conduction. The theory is used to identify features in the conductance which can serve as "signatures" of phase-coherent Andreev reflection, i.e. for which the phase coherence of the electrons and the Andreev-reflected holes is essential. The applications of the theory include a quantum point contact, quantum dot, weak localization, universal conductance fluctuations, shot noise, and reflectionless tunneling. This review is based on lectures at the Les Houches summer school, Session LXI, 1994. | |
| dc.description | 38 pages, 17 figures (included in version 2) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406083 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406083 | |
| dc.identifier | "Mesoscopic Quantum Physics", edited by E. Akkermans, G. Montambaux, J.-L. Pichard, and J. Zinn-Justin (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1995) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148615 | |
| dc.subject | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantum transport in semiconductor-superconductor microjunctions | |
| dc.type | text |