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We describe the proximity effect in a short disordered metallic junction between three superconducting leads. Andreev bound states in the multi-terminal junction may cross the Fermi level. We reveal that for a quasi-continuous metallic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-13 C. Padurariu , T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , R. Mélin , D. Feinberg , T. Martin , Yu. V. Nazarov

We present a general model with both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings to describe a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductor. The combined effects of the two spin-orbit couplings on superconductivity are investigated in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-23 Xu Yan , Qiang Gu

The synthesis and detailed characterization of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor Re$_{6}$Hf using powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetization, transport and thermodynamic measurements are reported. XRD confirms the crystal structure…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 D. Singh , A. D. Hillier , A. Thamizhavel , R. P. Singh

We consider the proximity effect in a Topological Insulator sandwiched between two conventional superconductors, by comparing s-wave spin singlet superconducting pairing correlations and odd-parity triplet pairing correlations with zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Tagliacozzo , P. Lucignano , F. Tafuri

The interference between spin-density-wave and superconducting instabilities in quasi-one-dimensional correlated metals is analyzed using the renormalization group method. At the one-loop level, we show how the interference leads to a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Raphael Duprat , C. Bourbonnais

Studies of the superconducting proximity effect in normal conductor/superconductor $(N/S)$ junctions almost universally assume no effective electron-electron coupling in the $N$ region. While such an approximation leads to a simple…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-20 Oriol T. Valls , Matthew Bryan , Igor Zutic

We present a study of the proximity effect and the inverse proximity effect in a superconductor$\mid$ferromagnet bilayer, taking into account several important factors which mostly have been ignored in the literature so far. These include…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Jacob Linder , Takehito Yokoyama , Asle Sudbø

We present an extensive theoretical investigation of the proximity effects that occur in Ferromagnet/Superconductor ($F/S$) systems. We use a numerical method to solve self consistently the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations in the continuum.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Klaus Halterman , Oriol T. Valls

We examine nonlocal effects between normal-metal gold probes connected by superconducting aluminum. For highly transparent Au/Al interfaces, we find nonlocal voltages that obey a spatial and temperature evolution distinct from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Cadden-Zimansky , V. Chandrasekhar

We have studied the proximity-induced superconducting triplet pairing in CoO$_x$/Py1/Cu/Py2/Cu/Pb spin-valve structure (where Py = Ni$_{0.81}$Fe$_{0.19}$). By optimizing the parameters of this structure we found a triplet channel assisted…

We investigate the proximity effect in diffusive superconducting hybrid structures with a spin-orbit (SO) coupling. Our study is focused on the singlet-triplet conversion and the generation of long-range superconducting correlations in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 F. S. Bergeret , I. V. Tokatly

The search for superconducting systems exhibiting nonreciprocal transport and, specifically, the diode effect, has proliferated in recent years. This trend encompasses a wide variety of systems, including planar hybrid structures,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-28 Tim Kokkeler , Ilya Tokatly , Sebastian Bergeret

We discuss the Josephson current between two noncentrosymmetric superconductors. The coexistence of superconducting order parameters between spin-singlet $\Delta_{\text{S}}$ and helical p-wave spin-triplet $\Delta_{\text{T}}$ enriches a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 Yasuhiro Asano , Satoshi Yamano

We study subgap transport from a superconductor through a double quantum dot with large on-site Coulomb repulsion to two normal leads. Non-local superconducting correlations in the double dot are induced by the proximity to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-08 James Eldridge , Marco G. Pala , Michele Governale , Jürgen König

We study superconductivity of electron systems with both spin and pseudospin-1/2 degrees of freedom. By solving linearized gap equations, we derive a weak coupling criterion for the even-parity spin-singlet pseudospin-triplet pairing. It…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-07 Meng Zeng , Dong-Hui Xu , Zi-Ming Wang , Lun-Hui Hu , Fu-Chun Zhang

While spin-triplet pairing remains elusive in nature, there is a growing effort to realize proximity-induced equal-spin triplet superconductivity in junctions with magnetic regions or an applied magnetic field and common $s$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-19 Chenghao Shen , Jong E. Han , Thomas Vezin , Mohammad Alidoust , Igor Žutić

The proximity effect is a central feature of superconducting junctions as it underlies many important applications in devices and can be exploited in the design of new systems with novel quantum functionality. Recently, exotic proximity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-11 Jungdae Kim , Victor Chua , Gregory A. Fiete , Hyoungdo Nam , A. H. MacDonald , Chih-Kang Shih

While the search for topological triplet-pairing superconductivity has remained a challenge, recent developments in optically stabilizing metastable superconducting states suggest a new route to realizing this elusive phase. Here, we devise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-11 Steven Gassner , Clara S. Weber , Martin Claassen

We introduce the notion of nonreciprocal superconductors where inversion and time-reversal symmetries are broken, giving rise to an asymmetric energy dispersion. We demonstrate that nonreciprocal superconductivity can be detected by Andreev…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-12-31 Margarita Davydova , Max Geier , Liang Fu

Investigating the microscopic details of the proximity effect is crucial for both key experimental applications and fundamental inquiries into nanoscale devices featuring superconducting elements. In this work, we develop a framework…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Siddhant Midha , Roshni Singh , Kaveh Gharavi , Jonathan Baugh , Bhaskaran Muralidharan