Full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflection

Göran Johansson, Peter Samuelsson, \AAke Ingerman

Published 2003-08-05Version 1

We derive the full counting statistics of charge transfer through a voltage biased superconducting junction. We find that for measurement times much longer than the inverse Josephson frequency, the counting statistics describes a correlated transfer of quanta of multiple electron charges, each quantum associated with the transfer of a single quasiparticle. An expression for the the counting statistics in terms of the quasiparticle scattering amplitudes is derived.