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Negative four-terminal resistance as a probe of crossed Andreev reflection

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report on the experimental investigation of electronic transport in superconductor-ferromagnet spin-valve structures. Our samples consist of two ferromagnetic iron leads forming planar tunnel contacts to a superconducting aluminum wire. At energies below the superconducting gap, we observe a negative four-probe resistance that can be explained by crossed Andreev reflection.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0609766,
  title  = {Negative four-terminal resistance as a probe of crossed Andreev reflection},
  author = {D. Beckmann H. v. Löhneysen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0609766},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures, revtex