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π junction behavior and Andreev bound states in Kondo quantum dots with superconducting leads

Gabriel Sellier, Thilo Kopp, Johann Kroha, Yuri S. Barash

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.174502 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the temperature- and coupling-dependent transport through Kondo dot contacts with symmetric superconducting s-wave leads. For finite temperature T we use a superconducting extension of a self-consistent auxiliary boson scheme (SNCA), while at T=0 a perturbative renormalization group treatment is applied. The finite-temperature phase diagram for the 0−π transition of the Josephson current in the junction is established and related to the phase-dependent position of the subgap Kondo resonance with respect to the Fermi energy. The conductance of the contact is evaluated in the zero-bias limit. It approaches zero in the low-temperature regime, however, at finite T its characteristics are changed through the coupling- and temperature-dependent 0−π transition.

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