Josephson current flowing through a nontrivial geometry: The role of pairing fluctuations across the BCS-BEC crossover

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Main Authors: Piselli, Verdiana, Pisani, Leonardo, Strinati, Giancarlo Calvanese
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Published: 2023
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author Piselli, Verdiana
Pisani, Leonardo
Strinati, Giancarlo Calvanese
author_facet Piselli, Verdiana
Pisani, Leonardo
Strinati, Giancarlo Calvanese
contents A realistic description of the Josephson effect at finite temperature with ultra-cold Fermi gases embedded in nontrivial geometrical constraints (typically, a trap plus a barrier) requires appropriate consideration of pairing fluctuations that arise in inhomogeneous environments. Here, we apply the theoretical approach developed in the companion article [Pisani \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 108}, 214503 (2023)], where the inclusion of pairing fluctuations beyond mean field across the BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature is combined with a detailed description of the gap parameter in a nontrivial geometry. In this way, we are able to account for the experimental results on the Josephson critical current, reported both at low temperature for various couplings across the BCS-BEC crossover and as a function of temperature at unitarity. Besides validating the theoretical approach of the companion article, our numerical results reveal generic features of the Josephson effect which may not readily emerge from an analysis of corresponding experiments with condensed-matter samples owing to the unique intrinsic flexibility of experiments with ultra-cold gases.
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spellingShingle Josephson current flowing through a nontrivial geometry: The role of pairing fluctuations across the BCS-BEC crossover
Piselli, Verdiana
Pisani, Leonardo
Strinati, Giancarlo Calvanese
Superconductivity
A realistic description of the Josephson effect at finite temperature with ultra-cold Fermi gases embedded in nontrivial geometrical constraints (typically, a trap plus a barrier) requires appropriate consideration of pairing fluctuations that arise in inhomogeneous environments. Here, we apply the theoretical approach developed in the companion article [Pisani \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 108}, 214503 (2023)], where the inclusion of pairing fluctuations beyond mean field across the BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature is combined with a detailed description of the gap parameter in a nontrivial geometry. In this way, we are able to account for the experimental results on the Josephson critical current, reported both at low temperature for various couplings across the BCS-BEC crossover and as a function of temperature at unitarity. Besides validating the theoretical approach of the companion article, our numerical results reveal generic features of the Josephson effect which may not readily emerge from an analysis of corresponding experiments with condensed-matter samples owing to the unique intrinsic flexibility of experiments with ultra-cold gases.
title Josephson current flowing through a nontrivial geometry: The role of pairing fluctuations across the BCS-BEC crossover
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14494