Nonequilibrium transport through a Josephson quantum dot

J. F. Rentrop, S. G. Jakobs, and V. Meden
Phys. Rev. B 89, 235110 – Published 9 June 2014

Abstract

We study the electronic current through a quantum dot coupled to two superconducting leads which is driven by either a voltage V or temperature ΔT bias. Finite biases beyond the linear response regime are considered. The local two-particle interaction U on the dot is treated using an approximation scheme within the functional renormalization group approach set up in Keldysh-Nambu space with U being the small parameter. For V>0, we compare our renormalization group enhanced results for the dc component of the current to earlier weak coupling approaches such as the Hartree-Fock approximation and second-order perturbation theory in U. We show that in parameter regimes in which finite-bias-driven multiple Andreev reflections prevail, small-|U| approaches become unreliable for interactions of appreciable strength. In the complementary regime, the convergence of the current with respect to numerical parameters becomes an issue, but can eventually be achieved, and interaction effects turn out to be smaller than expected based on earlier results. For ΔT>0, we find a surprising increase of the current as a function of the superconducting phase difference in the regime which at T=0 becomes the π (doublet) phase.

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  • Received 27 February 2014
  • Revised 13 May 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.235110

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. F. Rentrop, S. G. Jakobs, and V. Meden

  • Institut für Theorie der Statistischen Physik, RWTH Aachen University and JARA–Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, 52062 Aachen, Germany

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Vol. 89, Iss. 23 — 15 June 2014

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