Localization and Delocalization in Dirty Superconducting Wires

P. W. Brouwer, A. Furusaki, I. A. Gruzberg, and C. Mudry
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1064 – Published 31 July 2000
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Abstract

We present Fokker-Planck equations that describe transport of heat and spin in dirty unconventional superconducting quantum wires. Four symmetry classes are distinguished, depending on the presence or absence of time-reversal and spin-rotation invariance. In the absence of spin-rotation symmetry, heat transport is anomalous in that the mean conductance decays like 1/L instead of exponentially fast for large enough length L of the wire. The Fokker-Planck equations in the presence of time-reversal symmetry are solved exactly and the mean conductance for quasiparticle transport is calculated for the crossover from the diffusive to the localized regime.

  • Received 1 February 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1064

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. W. Brouwer1, A. Furusaki2, I. A. Gruzberg3, and C. Mudry4

  • 1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501
  • 2Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
  • 3Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030
  • 4Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

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Vol. 85, Iss. 5 — 31 July 2000

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