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Semiconductor nanowires provide promising low-dimensional systems for the study of quantum transport phenomena in combination with superconductivity. Here we investigate the competition between the Coulomb blockade effect, Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-24 Yong-Joo Doh , Silvano De Franceschi , Erik P. A. M. Bakkers , Leo P. Kouwenhoven

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

A disparity in the charge of quasi-particle excitations across a tunnel junction can trigger Andreev-like processes, creating an effect similar to that of a step-up transformer. We study such a junction in its strong coupling limit in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Sampurna Karmakar , Amulya Ratnakar , Sourin Das

We establish an analogy between superconductor-metal interfaces and the quantum physics of a black hole, using the proximity effect. We show that the metal-superconductor interface can be thought of as an event horizon and Andreev…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-20 Sreenath K. Manikandan , Andrew N. Jordan

We investigate the formation and transport properties of chiral Andreev edge states in a two-dimensional quantum Hall system proximitized by a superconductor. By numerically modeling the system using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 S. Maji , M. P. Nowak

We have studied magnetotransport in arrays of niobium filled grooves in an InAs/AlGaSb heterostructure. The critical field of up to 2.6 T permits to enter the quantum Hall regime. In the superconducting state, we observe strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Eroms , D. Weiss , J. De Boeck , G. Borghs , U. Zülicke

We study the crossed Andreev effects in two-dimensional conductor/superconductor hybrid systems under a perpendicular magnetic field. Both a graphene/superconductor hybrid system and an electron gas/superconductor one are considered. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-16 Zhe Hou , Yanxia Xing , Ai-Min Guo , Qing-Feng Sun

Direct detection of superconductivity has long been a key strength of point-contact Andreev reflection. However, its applicability to atomic-scale imaging is limited by the mechanical contact of the Andreev probe. To this end, we present a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-23 Wonhee Ko , Jose L. Lado , Petro Maksymovych

Quasiparticle (QP) effects play a significant role in the coherence and fidelity of superconducting quantum circuits. The Andreev bound states of high transparency Josephson junctions can act as low-energy traps for QPs, providing a…

Hybrid superconductor/graphene (SC/g) junctions are excellent candidates for investigating correlations between Cooper pairs and quantum Hall (QH) edge modes. Experimental studies are challenging as Andreev reflections are extremely…

In the quasi-twodimensional (Q2D) electron gas of an InAs channel between an AlSb substrate and superconducting Niobium layers the proximity effect induces a pair potential so that a Q2D mesoscopic superconducting-normal-superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Arne Jacobs , Reiner Kümmel , Hartmut Plehn

The quasiparticle reflection and transmission properties at normal conductor-superconductor interfaces are discussed for unitary and non-unitary spin triplet pairing states recently proposed for Sr_2RuO_4. We find resonance peaks in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Carsten Honerkamp , Manfred Sigrist

Proximity-induced superconductivity in fractional quantum Hall edges is a prerequisite to proposed realizations of parafermion zero-modes. A recent experimental work [G\"{u}l et al., Phys. Rev. X 12, 021057 (2022)] provided evidence for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 Noam Schiller , Barak A. Katzir , Ady Stern , Erez Berg , Netanel H. Lindner , Yuval Oreg

Using a generalized wave matching method we solve the full scattering problem for quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI) - superconductor (SC) - QSHI junctions. We find that for systems narrow enough so that the bulk states in the SC part…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-03 R. W. Reinthaler , P. Recher , E. M. Hankiewicz

In this paper we discuss the phenomenon of the Andreev reflection of quarks at the interface between the 2SC and the Color-Flavor-Locked (CFL) superconductors appeared in QCD at asymptotically high densities. We also give the general…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mariusz Sadzikowski , Motoi Tachibana

We considered the phenomenon of the Andreev reflection of quarks at the interface between the cold quark-gluon plasma phase and 2SC color superconductor.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Sadzikowski

When a quantum dot is attached to a metallic reservoir and a superconducting contact Andreev processes leads to a finite subgap current at the normal lead and the creation or destruction of Cooper pairs. Andreev-reflection engines profit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Gonzalo Manzano , Rosa López

Reflection of charge excitations at the step in the interaction strength in a Luttinger liquid can be of the Andreev type, even if the interactions are purely repulsive. The region with stronger repulsion plays the role of a normal metal in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Dmitrii L. Maslov , Paul M. Goldbart

At the domain wall between two regions with the opposite Chern number, there should be the one-dimensional chiral states, which are called as the kink states. The kink states are robust for the lattice deformations. We design a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-14 Lin Zhang , Chao Wang , Peipei Zhang , Yu-Xian Li

We study Andreev reflection in a ballistic one-dimensional channel coupled in parallel to a superconductor via a tunnel barrier of finite length $L$. The dependence of the low-energy Andreev reflection probability $R_A$ on $L$ reveals the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Giorgos Fagas , Grigory Tkachov , Andreas Pfund , Klaus Richter