%0 Journal Article
%T Supercurrent noise in quantum point contacts
%A D. Averin
%A H. Imam
%J Physics
%D 1995
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3814
%X Spectral density of current fluctuations in a short ballistic superconducting quantum point contact is calculated for arbitrary bias voltages $V$. Contrary to a common opinion that the supercurrent flow in Josephson junctions is coherent process with no fluctuations, we find extremely large current noise that is {\em caused} by the supercurrent coherence. An unusual feature of the noise, besides its magnitude, is its voltage dependence: the noise decreases with increasing $V$, despite the fact that the dc current grows steadily with $V$. At finite voltages the noise can be qualitatively understood as the shot noise of the large charge quanta of magnitude $2\Delta /V$ equal to the charge transferred during one period of Josephson oscillations.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9511128v1