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Resonant Andreev reflection through superconductor-carbon-nanotube devices was investigated theoretically with a focus on the superconducting proximity effect. Consistent with a recent experiment, we find that for high transparency devices…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Yadong Wei , Jian Wang , Hong Guo , Hatem Mehrez , R. Roland

Semiconductor nanowires provide promising low-dimensional systems for the study of quantum transport phenomena in combination with superconductivity. Here we investigate the competition between the Coulomb blockade effect, Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-24 Yong-Joo Doh , Silvano De Franceschi , Erik P. A. M. Bakkers , Leo P. Kouwenhoven

The Andreev Reflection is the key mechanism for the superconducting proximity effect. It provides phase correlations in a system of non-interacting electrons at mesoscopic scales, i.e. over distances much larger than the microscopic lengths…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Pannetier , H. Courtois

We develop a theory of charge transport along the quantum Hall edge proximitized by a "dirty" superconductor. Disorder randomizes the Andreev reflection rendering the conductance of a proximitized segment a stochastic quantity with zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-17 Vladislav D. Kurilovich , Zachary M. Raines , Leonid I. Glazman

The recent development of superconducting spintronics has revealed the spin-triplet superconducting proximity effect from a spin-singlet superconductor into a spin-polarized normal metal. In addition recently superconducting junctions using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Sadashige Matsuo , Kento Ueda , Shoji Baba , Hiroshi Kamata , Mizuki Tateno , Javad Shabani , Christopher J. Palmstrøm , Seigo Tarucha

A chiral quantum Hall (QH) edge state placed in proximity to an s-wave superconductor experiences induced superconducting correlations. Recent experiments have observed the effect of proximity-coupling in QH edge states through signatures…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-02 Andreas B. Michelsen , Patrik Recher , Bernd Braunecker , Thomas L. Schmidt

We investigate the Andreev reflection process in high-mobility HgTe/CdTe quantum wells. We find that Andreev conductance probes the dynamics of massive 2+1 Dirac fermions, and that both specular Andreev reflection and retroreflection can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 M. Guigou , J. Cayssol

Crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) is a nonlocal quantum transport phenomenon that arises at the interface between a superconductor and two spatially separated metals. In this process, an electron incident from one metal combines with another…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Polireddi Naveen , Abhiram Soori

We examine the voltage V and magnetic field B dependent Andreev conductance of a chaotic quantum dot coupled via point contacts to a normal metal and a superconductor. In the case where the contact to the superconductor dominates, we find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Clerk , P. W. Brouwer , V. Ambegaokar

We have studied the interplay of Andreev reflection and cyclotron motion of quasiparticles at a superconductor-normal-metal interface with a strong magnetic field applied parallel to the interface. Bound states are formed due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Hoppe , U. Zuelicke , Gerd Schoen

We study Andreev reflection in a ballistic one-dimensional channel coupled in parallel to a superconductor via a tunnel barrier of finite length $L$. The dependence of the low-energy Andreev reflection probability $R_A$ on $L$ reveals the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Giorgos Fagas , Grigory Tkachov , Andreas Pfund , Klaus Richter

We study the reflection of electrons and quasiparticles on point-contact interfaces between fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states and normal metals (leads), as well as interfaces between two FQH states with mismatched filling fractions. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Nancy P. Sandler , Claudio de C. Chamon , Eduardo Fradkin

We have fabricated a superconductor/semiconductor (S/Sm) junction composed of Al and InAs using cleaved edge overgrowth. By exploiting the unique geometry with a thin Al/Pt/Al trilayer formed on the side surface of an in-situ cleaved…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-12 Takafumi Akiho , Hiroshi Irie , Yusuke Nakazawa , Satoshi Sasaki , Norio Kumada , Koji Muraki

Crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) is an intriguing effect that occurs in a normal-superconductor-normal junction. In CAR, an incoming electron from one terminal is coherently scattered as an outgoing hole into the other terminal. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Ying Liu , Zhi-Ming Yu , Jie Liu , Hua Jiang , Shengyuan A. Yang

Crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) is a process that creates entanglement between spatially separated electrons and holes. Such entangled pairs have potential applications in quantum information processing, and it is therefore relevant to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-06 Johanne Bratland Tjernshaugen , Morten Amundsen , Jacob Linder

The Andreev reflection of narrow ferromagnet/superconductor point contacts is theoretically studied. We show that the conductance quantization depends on whether the contact region is superconducting or ferromagnetic as well as on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Keiichirou Kikuchi , Hiroshi Imamura , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa

Using a generalized wave matching method we solve the full scattering problem for quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI) - superconductor (SC) - QSHI junctions. We find that for systems narrow enough so that the bulk states in the SC part…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-03 R. W. Reinthaler , P. Recher , E. M. Hankiewicz

Quantum cavities or dots have markedly different properties depending on whether their classical counterparts are chaotic or not. Connecting a superconductor to such a cavity leads to notable proximity effects, particularly the appearance,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Jack Kuipers , Thomas Engl , Gregory Berkolaiko , Cyril Petitjean , Daniel Waltner , Klaus Richter

Ge/SiGe quantum well heterostructures confining a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) have emerged as a compelling platform for hybrid superconductor(S)-semiconductor(Sm) quantum devices. Here, we investigate the low-temperature…

We have realized an integer quantum Hall system with superconducting contacts by connecting graphene to niobium electrodes. Below their upper critical field of 4 tesla, an integer quantum Hall effect coexists with superconductivity in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 Peter Rickhaus , Markus Weiss , Laurent Marot , Christian Schönenberger