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We study systematically the scattering processes and the conductance spectra in nodal-line semimetalsuperconductor junctions using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk theory. The coexistence of peculiar quadruple reflections are found,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-11 Qiang Cheng , Zhe Hou , Qing-Feng Sun

Despite extensive search for about a decade, specular Andreev reflection is only recently realized in bilayer graphene-superconductor interface. However, the evolution from the typical retro type Andreev reflection to the unique specular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Manas Ranjan Sahu , Pratap Raychaudhuri , Anindya Das

We have generalized the scattering-matrix theory of multiple Andreev reflections in mesoscopic Josephson junctions to the multi-mode case, and applied it to short superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junctions with diffusive electron…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-02-03 Athanassios Bardas , Dmitri V. Averin

We consider transport in a diffusive cross-shaped Andreev interferometer geometry, both theoretically and experimentally. A strong and unexpected modulation of the conductance with the superconducting phase is found. In particular, a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Belzig , R. Shaikaidarov , V. V. Petrashov , Yu. V. Nazarov

We theoretically investigate the quantum transports in a junction between a superconductor and a silicene nanoribbon, under the effect of a magnetic exchange field. We find that for a narrow nanoribbon of silicene, remarkable crossed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Kangkang Li , Yan-Yang Zhang

Andreev reflection is investigated in layered anisotropic normal metal / superconductor (N/S) systems in the case of an energy gap \Delta in S not negligible with respect to the Fermi energy E_F, as it probably occurs with high critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Golubov , F. Tafuri

The Andreev conductance across 2d normal metal (N)/superconductor (SC) junctions with relativistic Dirac spectrum is investigated theoretically in the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formalism. It is shown that for relativistic materials, due to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-23 Yung-Yeh Chang , Chung-Yu Mou , Chung-Hou Chung

We investigate theoretically charge transport in hybrid multiterminal junctions with superconducting leads kept at different voltages. It is found that multiple Andreev reflections involving several superconducting leads give rise to rich…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-21 M. Houzet , P. Samuelsson

In the "ballistic" regime, the transport across a normal metal (N)/superconductor (S) point-contact is dominated by a quantum process called Andreev reflection. Andreev reflection causes an enhancement of the conductance below the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-10-04 Ritesh Kumar , Goutam Sheet

We present a theory of Andreev reflection in a ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet double junction system. The spin polarized quasiparticles penetrate to the superconductor in the range of penetration depth from the interface by the…

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

We investigate transport through hybrid structures consisting of two normal metal leads connected via tunnel barriers to one common superconducting electrode. We find clear evidence for the occurrence of non-local Andreev reflection and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Russo , M. Kroug , T. M. Klapwijk , A. F. Morpurgo

We investigate electron transport through the interface between a niobium superconductor and the edge of a two-dimensional semimetal, realized in a 20~nm wide HgTe quantum well. Experimentally, we observe that typical behavior of a single…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 A. Kononov , S. V. Egorov , Z. D. Kvon , N. N. Mikhailov , S. A. Dvoretsky , E. V. Deviatov

We study the Andreev reflections (ARs) at the interface of the type-II Weyl semimetal-superconductor junctions and find double ARs when the superconductor is put in the Weyl semimetal band tilting direction, which is similar to the double…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Zhe Hou , Qing-Feng Sun

We study Andreev reflection and the Josephson effect in a ballistic monolayer of black phosphorous, known as phosphorene. Due to the anisotropic band structure of this system, the supercurrent changes with an order of magnitude when…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-03 Jacob Linder , Takehito Yokoyama

We theoretically study the electronic transport through a ferromagnet-Ising superconductor junction. A tight-binding Hamiltonian describing the Ising superconductor is presented. Then by combing the non-equilibrium Green's function method,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-18 Peng Lv , Yan-Feng Zhou , Ning-Xuan Yang , Qing-Feng Sun

We calculate the conductance of a junction between a disordered superconductor and a very strong half-metallic ferromagnet admitting electrons with only one spin projection. A usual mechanism of Andreev reflection is strongly suppressed in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-29 M. E. Ismagambetov , P. M. Ostrovsky , M. V. Feigel'man

An overview is presented of experiments on ballistic electrical transport in inhomogeneous superconducting systems which are controlled by the process of Andreev reflection. The initial experiments based on the coexistence of a normal phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-22 T. M. Klapwijk , S. A. Ryabchun

We study the transport properties of nanoscale superconducting (S) devices in which two superconducting electrodes are bridged by two parallel ferromagnetic (F) wires, forming an SFFS junction with a separation between the two wires less…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-05 Madalina Colci , Kuei Sun , Nayana Shah , Smitha Vishveshwara , Dale J. Van Harlingen

We construct a theory for low-energy quantum transport in normal$\mid$superconductor junctions involving the recently discovered iron-based high-$T_c$ superconductors. We properly take into account both Andreev bound surface states and the…

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

We study heat and charge transport through a normal diffusive wire coupled with a superconducting wire over the region smaller than the coherence length. Due to partial Andreev reflection of quasiparticles from the interface, the subgap…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-03 E. V. Bezuglyi , V. Vinokur