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Competition between the Superconducting Proximity Effect and Coulomb Interactions in a Graphene Andreev Interferometer

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2013-04-25 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We have investigated transport through graphene Andreev interferometers exhibiting reentrance of the superconducting proximity effect. We observed a crossover in the Andreev conductance oscillations as a function of gate voltage (VBGV_{BG}). At high VBGV_{BG} the energy-dependent oscillation amplitude exhibits a scaling predicted for non-interacting electrons, which breaks down at low VBGV_{BG}. The phenomenon is a manifestation of electron-electron interactions, whose main effect is to shorten the single-particle phase coherence time τϕ\tau_\phi. These results indicate that graphene provides a useful experimental platform to investigate the competition between superconducting proximity effect and interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1304.6578,
  title  = {Competition between the Superconducting Proximity Effect and Coulomb Interactions in a Graphene Andreev Interferometer},
  author = {Fabio Deon and Sandra Šopić and Alberto F. Morpurgo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6578},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures