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Kuipers, Jack ; Waltner, Daniel ; Petitjean, Cyril ; Berkolaiko, Gregory ; Richter, Klaus

Semiclassical gaps in the density of states of chaotic Andreev billiards

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Kuipers, Jack, Waltner, Daniel, Petitjean, Cyril , Berkolaiko, Gregory and Richter, Klaus (2010) Semiclassical gaps in the density of states of chaotic Andreev billiards. Physical Review Letters (PRL) 104 (2), 027001.

DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.8679


Abstract

The connection of a superconductor to a chaotic ballistic quantum dot leads to interesting phenomena, most notably the appearance of a hard gap in its excitation spectrum. Here we treat such an Andreev billiard semiclassically where the density of states is expressed in terms of the classical trajectories of electrons (and holes) that leave and return to the superconductor. We show how classical ...

The connection of a superconductor to a chaotic ballistic quantum dot leads to interesting phenomena, most notably the appearance of a hard gap in its excitation spectrum. Here we treat such an Andreev billiard semiclassically where the density of states is expressed in terms of the classical trajectories of electrons (and holes) that leave and return to the superconductor. We show how classical orbit correlations lead to the formation of the hard gap, as predicted by random matrix theory in the limit of negligible Ehrenfest time tau(E), and how the influence of a finite tau(E) causes the gap to shrink. Furthermore, for intermediate tau(E) we predict a second gap below E = pi h/2 tau(E) which would presumably be the clearest signature yet of tau(E) effects.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters (PRL)
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC
Place of PublicationCOLLEGE PK
Volume104
Number of Issue or Book Chapter2
Page Range027001
Date11 January 2010
Date of publication06 Aug 2009 07:06
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics
Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter
Identification Number
ValueType
10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.027001DOI
0907.2660arXiv ID
Related URLs
URLURL Type
http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v104/i2/e027001Publisher
http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2660Preprint
Classification
NotationType
74.40.-n, 03.65.Sq, 05.45.Mt, 74.45.+cPACS
Keywords;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-86798
Item ID8679

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