Nonmonotonic behavior of resistance in a superconductor-Luttinger liquid junction

Abstract

Transport through a superconductor-Luttinger liquid junction is considered. When the interaction in the Luttinger liquid is repulsive, the resistance of the junction with a sufficiently clean interface shows nonmonotonic temperature- or voltage-dependence due to the competition between the superconductivity and the repulsive interaction. The result is discussed in connection with recent experiments on single-wall carbon nanotubes in contact with superconducting leads.

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• Resonant Andreev reflections in superconductor-carbon-nanotube devices

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