Sample-Specific Conductance Fluctuations Modulated by the Superconducting Phase

Abstract
We have studied sample-specific conductance fluctuations tuned by the phase difference between superconducting boundaries, using a two-dimensional electron gas as the phase-coherent normal conductor. In low magnetic fields, h/2e periodic conductance oscillations due to phase-conjugated Andreev reflections are observed with an amplitude δG0.10e2/h at T=50mK. These oscillations are suppressed by a flux of approximately h/e through the interference region. For larger magnetic fields, sample-specific h/2e conductance oscillations are found with δG0.005e2/h. No indication is found for an intrinsic h/4e periodic superconductor-modified weak localization contribution.