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Nonlocal Cooper pair Splitting in a pSn Junction

Superconductivity 2011-12-19 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Perfect Cooper pair splitting is proposed, based on crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) in a p-type semiconductor - superconductor - n-type semiconductor (pSn) junction. The ideal splitting is caused by the energy filtering that is enforced by the bandstructure of the electrodes. The pSn junction is modeled by the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations and an extension of the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk theory beyond the Andreev approximation. Despite a large momentum mismatch, the CAR current is predicted to be large. The proposed straightforward experimental design and the 100% degree of pureness of the nonlocal current open the way to pSn structures as high quality sources of entanglement.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3742,
  title  = {Nonlocal Cooper pair Splitting in a pSn Junction},
  author = {M. Veldhorst and A. Brinkman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3742},
  year   = {2011}
}
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