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Condensed Matter > Superconductivity

Title: Equal contribution of even and odd frequency pairing to transport across normal metal-superconductor junctions

Abstract: Odd-frequency pairing is an unconventional type of Cooper pairing in superconductors related to the frequency dependence of the corresponding anomalous Green function. We show by a combination of analytical and numerical methods that odd-frequency pairing is ubiquitously present in the current of Andreev-scattered particles across a junction formed by a normal metal (N) and a superconductor (S), even if the superconducting pairing is of conventional $s$-wave, spin singlet type. We carefully analyze the conductance of NS junctions with different pairing symmetries ($s$-wave, $p$-wave, $d$-wave). In all cases, we identify a generic equal balance of even and odd frequency pairing to the contributions related to Andreev reflection. This analysis shows in retrospect that the presence of odd-frequency pairing in electric currents across NS junctions is rather the rule, not the exception. This insight stems from an alternative approach of analyzing the transport problem of hybrid structures. It is based on the Kubo-Greenwood formula with direct access to symmetries of the anomalous Green functions characterizing the superconducting pairing. We expect that our predictions substantially enrich the interpretation of transport data across NS junctions in many material combinations.
Comments: 39 pages, 29 figures
Subjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
Cite as: arXiv:2309.05623 [cond-mat.supr-con]
  (or arXiv:2309.05623v4 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)

Submission history

From: Shun Tamura [view email]
[v1] Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:12:05 GMT (4420kb,D)
[v2] Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:02:27 GMT (4883kb,D)
[v3] Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:16:48 GMT (4905kb,D)
[v4] Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:27:10 GMT (4882kb,D)

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