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Phys. Rev. B 64, 233301 (2001) [4 pages]

Josephson coupling through a quantum dot

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A. V. Rozhkov1, Daniel P. Arovas1, and F. Guinea2
1Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
2Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Received 25 June 2001; published 2 November 2001

We derive, via fourth-order perturbation theory, an expression for the Josephson current through a gated interacting quantum dot. We analyze our expression for two different models of the superconductor-dot-superconductor (SDS) system. When the matrix elements connecting dot and leads are featureless constants, we compute the Josephson coupling Jc as a function of the gate voltage and Coulomb interaction. In the limit of a diffusive dot, we compute the probability distribution P(Jc) of Josephson couplings. In both cases, π junction behavior (Jc<0) is possible, and is not simply dependent on the parity of the dot occupancy.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.233301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.233301
PACS:
74.50.+r, 73.40.Gk