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Detection of doubled shot noise in short normal-metal/superconductor junctions.

Author(s) : JEHL X., SANQUER M., CALEMCZUK R., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Shot noise refers to the fluctuations in electrical current through a device arising from the discrete nature of the charge-carrying particles. Recent experiments have exploited the fact that the shot noise is proportional to the charge of the carriers to establish fractional quantization of quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect. By a similar argument, it is expected that when a superconducting reservoir emits Cooper pairs (which have a charge twice that of an electron), into a short normal-metal wire, the shot noise should be double that obtained for a normal metal reservoir. Although the charge of Cooper pairs has been well established by flux quantization and tunnel experiments, doubling of their shot noise has not yet been observed. The authors report a shot-noise experiment using a short diffusive normal-metal superconductor contact, in which they confirm the predicted noise behaviour for double charges. The measurements, taken over a large range of bias current, establish that phase coherence is not required to observe the effect.

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  • Original title: Detection of doubled shot noise in short normal-metal/superconductor junctions.
  • Record ID : 2001-0008
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Nature - vol. 405 - n. 6782
  • Publication date: 2000/05/04
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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