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Quantum Point Contacts and Coherent Electron Focusing
H. van Houten, C. W. J. Beenakker
I. Introduction II. Electrons at the Fermi level III. Conductance quantization of a quantum point contact IV. Optical analogue of the conductance quantization V. Classical electron…
The Superconducting Quantum Point Contact
C. W. J. Beenakker, H. van Houten
1. Introduction 2. Josephson current from excitation spectrum 3. Josephson current through a quantum point contact 4. Experimental realization
Quantum Point Contacts
H. van Houten, C. W. J. Beenakker
1. Quantized conductance 2. When 1 mode = 1 atom 3. Photons and Cooper pairs 4. Thermal analogues 5. Shot noise 6. Solid-state electron optics 7. Ultimate confinement 8. Landauer f…
Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures
C. W. J. Beenakker, H. van Houten
I. Introduction (Preface, Nanostructures in Si Inversion Layers, Nanostructures in GaAs-AlGaAs Heterostructures, Basic Properties). II. Diffusive and Quasi-Ballistic Transport (Cla…
Resonant Josephson current through a quantum dot
C. W. J. Beenakker, H. van Houten
We calculate the DC Josephson current through a semiconducting quantum dot which is weakly coupled by tunnel barriers to two superconducting reservoirs. A Breit-Wigner resonance in…