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Signatures of the Higgs mode in transport through a normal-metal-superconductor junction

Tang, Gaomin and Belzig, Wolfgang and Zülicke, Ulrich and Bruder, Christoph. (2020) Signatures of the Higgs mode in transport through a normal-metal-superconductor junction. Physical Review Research, 2 (2). 022068.

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Abstract

A superconductor subject to electromagnetic irradiation in the terahertz range can show amplitude oscillations of its order parameter. However, coupling this so-called Higgs mode to the charge current is notoriously difficult. We propose to achieve such a coupling in a particle-hole-asymmetric configuration using a DC-voltage-biased normal-metal–superconductor tunnel junction. Using the quasiclassical Green's function formalism, we demonstrate three characteristic signatures of the Higgs mode: (i) The AC charge current exhibits a pronounced resonant behavior and is maximal when the radiation frequency coincides with the order parameter. (ii) The AC charge current amplitude exhibits a characteristic nonmonotonic behavior with increasing voltage bias. (iii) At resonance for large voltage bias, the AC current vanishes inversely proportional to the bias. These signatures provide an electric detection scheme for the Higgs mode.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretische Physik (Bruder)
UniBasel Contributors:Bruder, Christoph and Tang, Gaomin
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Physical Society
e-ISSN:2643-1564
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:14 Apr 2021 12:05
Deposited On:14 Apr 2021 12:05

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