Photon-Assisted Shot Noise in Normal Metal-Insulator-Superconductor Heterostructures

I. V. Boylo

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Photon-Assisted Shot Noise in Normal Metal-Insulator-Superconductor Heterostructures

I. V. Boylo

Published in Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Volume 1, Issue 1)

Received: 19 June 2015 Accepted: 3 July 2015 Published: 15 July 2015

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Photon-assisted electron transport in mesoscopic heterostructures is studied via a scattering approach. The nonequilibrium current fluctuations of normal metal-insulator-superconductor systems under illumination with monochromatic microwaves have been calculated. Using a time-periodic potential applied across the tunnel junction we model the emission and absorption of photons. We have concluded that the photon-assisted shot noise decreases when the insulating barrier becomes more transparent. The voltage dependence of the shot-noise power as a function of microwave frequency has been investigated as well.

Published in	Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.jmpt.20150101.13
Page(s)	15-18
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Photon-Assisted Electron Transport, Shot Noise, Mesoscopic Heterostructure

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Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering, Donetsk, Ukraine

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