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We theoretically investigate the subgapped transport phenomena through a normal-superconductor-normal (NSN) junction made up of ultra thin topological insulator with proximity induced superconductivity. The dimensional crossover from three…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 SK Firoz Islam , Paramita Dutta , Arijit Saha

Several models of the electronic spectrum in the pseudogap state of underdoped cuprates have been proposed to explain ARPES and STM measurements, which reveal only truncated Fermi pockets instead of a full metallic Fermi surface. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-05-20 M. F. Smith , Ross H. McKenzie

We investigate charge and spin conductance, charge and spin quantum noise, along with charge and spin $\Delta_T$ noise, as diagnostic tools to distinguish Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states from Majorana-bound states (MBS) in a one-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-14 Sachiraj Mishra , Colin Benjamin

We study electronic transport in junctions consisting of a superconductor electrode and two ferromagnet (F) leads in which crossed Andreev reflections (CAR) and elastic cotunnelings are accommodated. We model the system using an extended…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-01 Kuei Sun , Nayana Shah , Smitha Vishveshwara

We study transport properties for a quantum dot coupled to normal leads with a pseudogap density of states at zero temperature, using the second-order perturbation theory based on the Keldysh formalism. We clarify that the hybridization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Bunpei Hara , Akihisa Koga , Tomosuke Aono

We review recent work on resonant Andreev tunneling through a strongly interacting quantum dot connected to a normal and to a superconducting lead. We derive a general expression for the current flowing in the structure and discuss the…

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

Scattering processes in quantum materials emerge as resonances in electronic transport, including confined modes, Andreev states, and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states. However, in most instances, these resonances are driven by a single scattering…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-26 Sharadh Jois , Jose L. Lado , Genda Gu , Qiang Li. , Ji Ung Lee

We study non-equilibrium transport through a superconducting flat-band lattice in a two-terminal setup with the Schwinger-Keldysh method. We find that quasiparticle transport is suppressed and coherent pair transport dominates. For…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-07 Ville A. J. Pyykkönen , Sebastiano Peotta , Päivi Törmä

The Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) state appears as a bound state of a quasiparticle at a magnetic atom embedded in a superconductor. We discuss why the YSR state has energy below the superconducting gap and why the pair potential changes the sign…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-10-07 Shu-Ichiro Suzuki , Takumi Sato , Yasuhiro Asano

We investigate superconducting proximity effect in clean ferromagnetic layers with rough boundaries. The subgap density of states is formed by Andreev bound states at energies which depend on trajectory length and the ferromagnetic exchange…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Zareyan , W. Belzig , Yu. V. Nazarov

We study the electronic current through a quantum dot coupled to two superconducting leads which is driven by either a voltage $V$ or temperature $\Delta T$ bias. Finite biases beyond the linear response regime are considered. The local…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-06-12 Jan F. Rentrop , Severin G. Jakobs , Volker Meden

Motivated by the recent experiment of Wang et al. [Nature Physics 6, 389 (2010)], who observed a highly unusual transport behavior of ferromagnetic Cobalt nanowires proximity-coupled to superconducting electrodes, we study proximity effect…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 So Takei , Victor Galitski

Crossed Andreev reflection in a lateral spin valve geometry device is an aspect of considerable recent interest, particularly with regards to Cooper pair splitting experiments to realize solid state quantum entanglement. In this work,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-29 James Luke Webb , Bryan Hickey , Gavin Burnell

We investigate electronic transport in a three-terminal hybrid system, composed by an interacting quantum dot tunnel coupled to one superconducting, one ferromagnetic, and one normal lead. Despite the tendency of the charging energy to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-07 David Futterer , Michele Governale , Jürgen König

We report low-temperature transport measurements through a double quantum dot device in a configuration where one of the quantum dots is coupled directly to the source and drain electrodes, and a second (side-coupled) quantum dot interacts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 D. Y. Baines , T. Meunier , D. Mailly , A. D. Wieck , C. Bäuerle , L. Saminadayar , Pablo S. Cornaglia , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro , D. Feinberg

We study transport through a quantum dot coupled to normal and superconducting leads using the numerical renormalization group method. We show that the low-energy properties of the system are described by the local Fermi liquid theory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yoichi Tanaka , Norio Kawakami , Akira Oguri

We study theoretically electronic transport through a normal metal-- superconductor (NS) interface and show that more than one conductance may be defined, depending on the pair of chemical potentials whose difference one chooses to relate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Sols , J. Sánchez-Cañizares

Using an approach based on quasiclassical Green's functions we present a theoretical study of transport in mesoscopic S/N structures in the diffusive limit. The subgap conductance in S/N structures with barriers (zero bias and finite bias…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. F. Volkov , V. V. Pavlovskii , R. Seviour

Theoretical descriptions of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states induced by magnetic impurities inside the gap of a superconductor typically rely on a classical spin model or are restricted to spin-1/2 quantum spins. These models fail to account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-25 Felix von Oppen , Katharina J. Franke

We predict strong non-local effects in the three-terminal hybrid device, comprising the quantum dot embedded between two conducting leads and third superconducting reservoir. They result from competition between the ballistic electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-29 G. Michalek , T. Domanski , B. R. Bulka , K. I. Wysokinski