Loss of pi-junction behavior in an interacting impurity Josephson junction

Citation
Aa. Clerk et V. Ambegaokar, Loss of pi-junction behavior in an interacting impurity Josephson junction, PHYS REV B, 61(13), 2000, pp. 9109-9112
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
10980121 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
13
Year of publication
2000
Pages
9109 - 9112
Database
ISI
SICI code
1098-0121(20000401)61:13<9109:LOPBIA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Using a generalization of the noncrossing approximation which incorporates Andreev reflection, we study the properties of an infinite-ii Anderson impu rity coupled to two superconducting leads. In the regime where Delta and T- K are comparable, we find that the position of the subgap resonance in the impurity spectral function develops a strong anomalous phase dependence-its energy is a minimum when the phase difference between the superconductors is equal to pi. Calculating the Josephson current through the impurity, we find that pi-junction behavior is lost as the position of the bound state m oves above the Fermi energy.