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We study Andreev reflection at an interface between a half metal and a superconductor with spin-orbit interaction. While the absence of minority carriers in the half metal makes singlet Andreev reflection impossible, the spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Mathias Duckheim , Piet W. Brouwer

We describe and characterize a microwave setup to probe the Andreev levels of a superconducting atomic contact. The contact is part of a superconducting loop inductively coupled to a superconducting coplanar resonator. By monitoring the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-16 C. Janvier , L. Tosi , Ç. Ö. Girit , M. F. Goffman , H. Pothier , C. Urbina

We have formed superconducting contacts in which Cooper pairs incident from a thick In layer must move through a thin Nb layer to reach a semiconductor, either InAs or low temperature grown (LTG) GaAs. The effect of pair tunneling through…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Rizk , A. Yulius , W. I. Yoo , P. F. Bagwell , D. McInturff , P. Chin , J. M. Woodall , T. M. Pekarek , T. N. Jackson

The superconducting energy gap and quasiparticle density of states (DOS) is measured by means of Andreev-reflection spectroscopy in normal metal - superconductor point contacts. It is found that both in paramagnetic and in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 I. K. Yanson

We investigate the Andreev reflection in a normal metal/charge-4e superconductor junction.Compare with the electron-hole conversion in normal charge-2e superconductors, here four electrons participate simultaneously, enriching the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-30 Yi-Xin Dai , Qing-Feng Sun

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 determine the quasi-particle excitation spectrum in the normal region of a narrow ballistic superconductor--normal-metal--superconductor (SNS) Josephson contact. Increasing the effective chemical potential in the contact converts the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikolai M. Chtchelkatchev , Gordey B. Lesovik , Gianni Blatter

We present exact analytical results for the differential conductance of a finite Kitaev chain in an N-S-N configuration, where the topological superconductor is contacted on both sides with normal leads. Our results are obtained with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Nico Leumer , Magdalena Marganska , Bhaskaran Muralidharan , Milena Grifoni

In a recent publication, Lee $et$ $al.$ discussed experimental observation of Klein tunneling into a proximity-induced topological superconducting state of SmB$_{6}$ through the measurement of Andreev reflection with low-bias conductance…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-18 Shekhar Das , Kurt Gloos , Yu. G. Naidyuk , Goutam Sheet

We study the quantum transport behavior of a normal-superconductor-normal junction based on type-II Weyl semimetal, which is arranged in the tilting direction of the Weyl semimetal. We find that both the crossed Andreev reflection and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Xue-Si Li , Shu-Feng Zhang , Xue-Rui Sun , Wei-Jiang Gong

We express the low-frequency shot noise in a disordered normal-metal - superconductor (NS) junction at finite (subgap) voltage in terms of the normal scattering amplitudes and the Andreev reflection amplitude. In the multichannel limit, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. L. Fauchere , G. B. Lesovik , G. Blatter

Dynamic conductance spectra are taken from Au/CeCoIn$_5$ point contacts in the Sharvin limit along the (001) and (110) directions. Our conductance spectra, reproducibly obtained over wide ranges of temperature, constitute the cleanest data…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 Wan Kyu Park , Laura H. Greene , John L. Sarrao , Joe D. Thompson

We experimentally study electron transport across a single planar junction between the indium electrode and MnTe altermagnet candidate. We confirm standard Ohmic behavior with strictly linear current-voltage curves above the indium critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 D. Yu. Kazmin , V. D. Esin , Yu. S. Barash , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

Predictions are established for linear differential current-current cross-correlations dSab/dV in a symmetrically biased three-terminal normal metal-superconductor-normal metal (NSN) device. Highly transparent contacts turn out to be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-07-12 Axel Freyn , Martina Flöser , Régis Mélin

We study a strongly interacting quantum dot connected to a normal and to a superconducting lead. By means of the slave-boson technique we investigate the low temperature regime and discuss electrical transport through the dot. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Schwab , R. Raimondi

A general formula for the current through a disordered normal--superconducting junction is derived, which is valid at finite temperature and includes the full voltage dependence. The result depends on a multichannel scattering matrix, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 G. B. Lesovik , A. L. Fauchère , G. Blatter

We study Andreev reflection in normal metal-superconductor junctions by using an extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk model combined with transport calculations based on density functional theory. Starting from a parameter-free description of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Awadhesh Narayan , Ivan Rungger , Stefano Sanvito

We investigate the effect of interactions on Andreev current at a normal-superconducting junction when the normal phase is a Luttinger liquid with repulsive interactions. In particular, we study the system of a finite sized carbon nanotube…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Smitha Vishveshwara , Cristina Bena , Leon Balents , Matthew P. A. Fisher

We use point contact spectroscopy to probe the superconducting and normal state properties of the iron-based superconductor $\rm{NaFe_{1-\textit{x}}Co_{\textit{x}}As}$ with $\rm{\textit{x} = 0, 0.02, 0.06}$. Andreev spectra corresponding to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-06-03 H. Z. Arham , D. E. Bugaris , D. Y. Chung , M. G. Kanatzidis , L. H. Greene

The generation and destruction of the supercurrent in a superconductor (S) between two resistive normal (N) current leads connected to a current source is computed from the source equation for the supercurrent density. This equation relates…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Arne Jacobs , Reiner Kümmel