Observation of shot-noise-induced asymmetry in the Coulomb blockaded Josephson junction

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 5;93(19):197002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.197002. Epub 2004 Nov 4.

Abstract

We have investigated the influence of shot noise on the IV curves of a single mesoscopic Josephson junction. We observe a linear enhancement of zero-bias conductance of the Josephson junction with increasing shot-noise power. Moreover, the IV curves become increasingly asymmetric. Our analysis on the asymmetry shows that the Coulomb blockade of Cooper pairs is strongly influenced by the non-Gaussian character of the shot noise.