Tunneling and Josephson effects in odd-frequency superconductor junctions: A study on multichannel Kondo chain

Shintaro Hoshino; Keiji Yada; Yukio Tanaka

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224511

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Tunneling and Josephson effects in odd-frequency superconductor junctions: A study on multichannel Kondo chain

Shintaro Hoshino, Keiji Yada, Yukio Tanaka

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224511 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Junction systems of odd-frequency (OF) superconductors are investigated based on a mean-field Hamiltonian formalism. One-dimensional two-channel Kondo lattice (TCKL) is taken as a concrete example of OF superconductors. Properties of normal and Andreev reflections are examined in a normal metal/superconductor junction. Unlike conventional superconductors, normal reflection is always present due to the normal self energy that necessarily appears in the present OF pairing state. The conductance reflects the difference between repulsive and attractive potentials located at the interface, which is in contrast with the preexisting superconducting junctions. Josephson junction is also constructed by connecting TCKL with the other types of superconductors. The results can be understood from symmetry of the induced Cooper pairs at the edge in the presence of spin/orbital symmetry breaking. It has also been demonstrated that the symmetry argument for Cooper pairs is useful in explaining Meissner response in bulk.