Unified scattering approach to Josephson current and thermal noise in BCS and topological superconducting junctions
arXiv:1807.09112 · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2019-90461-y
Abstract
We present a unified description of a junction between -wave (BCS) superconductors and a junction between -wave superconductors in a topologically nontrivial phase, which relies on a scattering state expansion. We compute Josephson current and thermal noise in the two kinds of junction and exhibit some characteristic features for a junction of two topological superconductors hosting Majorana zero-energy modes.
arXiv comment12 pages, 13 figures
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