Tunneling Density of States, Pair Correlation, and Josephson Current in Spin-Incoherent Luttinger Liquid-Superconductor Hybrid Systems
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We study a hybrid system consisting of a spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid adjoined at one or both ends to a superconductor. We find the tunneling density of states diverges at low energies and exhibits a universal frequency dependence independent of the strength of the interactions in the system. We show that in spite of exponentially decaying pair correlations with distance into the spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid, the Josephson current remains robust. Compared to the zero temperature Luttinger liquid case there is a factor of 2 reduction in the critical current and a halving of the period in the phase difference between the superconductors. Our results open the way for a new class of experiments in the spin-incoherent regime of one dimensional systems.
5 pages, 2 figures, definition of the spin-incoherent luttinger regime clarified, references 3 and 10 updated
5 pages, 2 figures, definition of the spin-incoherent luttinger regime clarified, references 3 and 10 updated