Excess Quasi-Particle Current in Josephson Superconductor—Doped Semiconductor—Superconductor Heterostructures MoRe—Si (W)—MoRe

V. Eh. Shaternik$^{1}$, M. A. Belogolovskii$^{2}$, A. P. Shapovalov$^{3}$, A. Yu. Suvorov$^{1}$

$^{1}$G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 36 Academician Vernadsky Blvd., UA-03680 Kyiv-142, Ukraine
$^{2}$Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering Named after O.O. Galkin, NAS of Ukraine, 72 R. Luxembourg Str., 83114 Donetsk, Ukraine
$^{3}$V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials NAS of Ukraine, 2 Avtozavods’ka Str., 04074 Kyiv, Ukraine

Received: 28.11.2013. Download: PDF

Current—voltage characteristics of fabricated MoRe—Si(W)—MoRe heterojunctions are investigated in a wide range of changes in the parameters (such as thickness and dopant concentration) of the semiconductor Si (W) barriers. As found, at relatively high concentrations (5—9 at.%) of tungsten in the silicon barriers, a resonant tunnelling effect occurs through the localized levels of tungsten clusters. Simultaneously, under certain conditions, a superconducting Josephson current appears through such junctions and is conditioned by the multiple Andreev reflections of the Bogolyubov quasi-particles (quasi-electrons and quasi-holes) within them. The experimentally observed high quasi-particle excess current through the junctions indicates that there is a significant contribution of the Andreev reflections by the two $S/N$ interfaces into the charge transport through the studied Josephson heterostructures.

Key words: Josephson current, resonant tunnelling effect, Andreev reflection, high quasi-particle excess current.

URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v36/i08/0999.html

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.36.08.0999

PACS: 73.23.-b, 73.40.Gk, 73.40.Ns, 74.50.+r, 74.70.Ad, 85.25.Am, 85.25.Cp

Citation: V. Eh. Shaternik, M. A. Belogolovskii, A. P. Shapovalov, and A. Yu. Suvorov, Excess Quasi-Particle Current in Josephson Superconductor—Doped Semiconductor—Superconductor Heterostructures MoRe—Si (W)—MoRe, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 36, No. 8: 999—1006 (2014) (in Russian)

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