Quantum dot attached to superconducting leads: Relation between symmetric and asymmetric coupling

Abstract

We study the Anderson single-level quantum dot attached to two BCS superconducting leads with the same gap size. We reveal that a system with asymmetric tunnel coupling to the leads (${\Gamma }_L\ne {\Gamma }_R$) can be related to the symmetric system with the same net coupling strength $\Gamma ={\Gamma }_L+{\Gamma }_R$. Surprisingly, it is the symmetric case which is the most general, meaning that all physical quantities in case of asymmetric coupling are fully determined by the symmetric ones. We give ready-to-use conversion formulas for the $0-\pi$ phase transition boundary, on-dot quantities, and the Josephson current, and illustrate them on the NRG results of Oguri, Tanaka and Bauer [Phys. Rev. B 87, 075432 (2013)] for the three-terminal setup. We apply our theory to the recent $0-\pi$ transition measurement of Delagrange et al. [Phys. Rev. B 93, 196437 (2016)] and determine the asymmetry of the experimental setup from the measured transition width. Finally, we establish that the widely assumed Kondo "universality" of physical quantities depending only on the ratio of the Kondo temperature and the superconducting gap $T_K/\Delta$ cannot hold for asymmetric junctions.

arXiv comment10 pages, 5 figures v3: revised and extended version; sec. III and Appendix B were largely modified, abstract and conclusions have been updated, minor text and graphical improvements

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