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When a mesoscopic wire made of normal metal N is in contact with a superconducting reservoir S, Andreev reflection (AR) occurs [1]. This affects the electronic properties of the wire [2]. In this article we address both experimentally and theoretically the following question: how does Andreev reflection manifest itself in shot noise measurements, and what physics can we deduce from such measurements? Our discussion will rely on high frequency measurements performed on various NS structures, that can be found in refs. [3–5].
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Reulet, B., Prober, D.E., Belzig, W. (2003). Shot Noise of Mesoscopic NS Structures: The Role of Andreev Reflection. In: Nazarov, Y.V. (eds) Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Physics. NATO Science Series, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0089-5_4
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