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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

The quasi-bound states of a superconducting quantum dot that is weakly coupled to a normal metal appear as resonances in the Andreev reflection probability, measured via the differential conductance. We study the evolution of these Andreev…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-14 Shuo Mi , D. I. Pikulin , M. Marciani , C. W. J. Beenakker

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 report the study of ballistic transport in normal metal/graphene/superconductor junctions in edge-contact geometry. While in the normal state, we have observed Fabry-P\'{e}rot resonances suggesting that charge carriers travel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-30 P. Pandey , R. Kraft , R. Krupke , D. Beckmann , R. Danneau

As charge carriers traverse a single superconductor ferromagnet interface they experience an additional spin-dependent phase angle which results in spin mixing and the formation of a bound state called the Andreev Bound State. This state is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-03-29 K. A. Yates , D. Prabhakaran , M. Egilmez , J. W. A. Robinson , L. F. Cohen

Altermagnets hold great potential for spintronic applications, yet their intrinsic spin dynamics and associated transport properties remain largely unexplored. Here, we investigate spin-resolved quantum transport in a multi-terminal setup…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Li-Shuo Liu , Kai Shao , Hai-Dong Li , Xiangang Wan , Wei Chen , D. Y. Xing

We show that noncollinear Andreev reflections can be induced at interfaces of semiconductor nanowires with spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman splitting and proximity-induced superconductivity. In a noncollinear local Andreev reflection, the spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-11-27 B. H. Wu , W. Yi , J. C. Cao , G. -C. Guo

Recently, altermagnets have emerged as promising candidates in spintronics, uniquely combining large spin-polarized electronic states with zero net magnetization. A prominent example is $\alpha$-MnTe, whose altermagnetic spin splitting,…

The recent discovery of altermagnets has opened new perspectives in the field of ordered phases in condensed matter. In strongly-correlated superfluids, the nodal p-wave and d-wave ordered phases of $^{3}$He and cuprates play a prominent…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-17 Tomas Jungwirth , Rafael M. Fernandes , Jairo Sinova , Libor Smejkal

We study two-dimensional $d$-wave altermagnetic metals taking into account the presence of substrate-induced Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We consider the altermagnet bandstructure using a 2D band Hamiltonian near the $\Gamma$ point under…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-18 Peng Rao , Alexander Mook , Johannes Knolle

We study the penetration of an external magnetic field into a superconductor with collinear $d$-wave altermagnetic order. We demonstrate that instead of circular Abrikosov vortices, the magnetic field generates elliptical vortices with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-17 A. A. Mazanik , F. S. Bergeret

We study the effect of spin injection into $s-$ and $d-$wave superconductors, with an emphasis on the interplay between boundary and bulk spin transport properties. The quantities of interest include the amount of non-equilibrium…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert L. Merrill , Qimiao Si

We analyze the charge transport between a one-dimensional weakly interacting electron gas and a superconductor within the scaling approach in the basis of scattering states. We derive the renormalization group equations, which fully account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Titov , M. Mueller , W. Belzig

We study the spin-transfer torque and magnetoresistance of a ferromagnet$\mid$superconductor$\mid$ferromagnet spin-valve, allowing for an arbitrary magnetization misorientation and treating both s-wave and d-wave symmetries of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Linder , T. Yokoyama , A. Sudbø

We develop a quasiclassical theory of Andreev interferometers with three superconducting electrodes. Provided tunneling interface resistance between one superconducting electrode and the normal metal strongly exceeds two others, significant…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-04 A. V. Galaktionov , A. D. Zaikin , L. S Kuzmin

We study the interplay between altermagnetism and unconventional superconductivity for the case of two-dimensional square- and triangular-lattice systems. Our approach is based on an effective single particle Hamiltonian which mimics the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-10 Kinga Jasiewicz , Paweł Wójcik , Michał Nowak , Michał Zegrodnik

We study the interplay between superconductivity and altermagnetism in disordered systems using recently derived quantum kinetic transport equations. Starting from this framework, we derive the Ginzburg-Landau free energy and identify, in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-05 Rodrigo de las Heras , Tim Kokkeler , Stefan Ilić , Ilya V. Tokatly , F. Sebastian Bergeret

Altermagnets (AMs) - magnetic materials that have spin-split bandstructure with zero net spin polarization can be classified as weak or strong depending upon the strength of altermagnetic term in the Hamiltonian. We theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Shubham Ghadigaonkar , Sachchidanand Das , Abhiram Soori

Altermagnetism is a collinear compensated magnetically-ordered phase with a d, g or i-wave anisotropy and alternating spin polarization of the electronic structure in the position and momentum space. Its recent discovery was in part…

We show that spin-polarized electron transmission across semiconductor/superconductor (Sm/S) hybrid structures depends sensitively on the degree of spin polarization as well as the strengths of potential and spin-flip scattering at the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Igor Zutic , S. Das Sarma