Superconducting spin filter
Abstract
Consider two normal leads coupled to a superconductor; the first lead is biased while the second one and the superconductor are grounded. In general, a finite current is induced in the grounded lead 2; its magnitude depends on the competition between processes of Andreev and normal quasiparticle transmission from the lead 1 to the lead 2. It is known that in the tunneling limit, when normal leads are weakly coupled to the superconductor, , if and the system is in the clean limit. In other words, Andreev and normal tunneling processes compensate each-other. We consider the general case: the voltages are below the gap, the system is either dirty or clean. It is shown that for general configuration of the normal leads; if the first lead injects spin polarized current then , but spin current in the lead-2 is finite. XISIN structure, where X is a source of the spin polarized current could be applied as a filter separating spin current from charge current. We do an analytical progress calculating .
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306552,
title = {Superconducting spin filter},
author = {N. M. Chtchelkatchev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306552},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, references added