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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…

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We consider a new kind of superconducting proximity effect created by the tunneling of "spin split" Cooper pairs between two conventional superconductors connected by a normal conductor containing a quantum dot. The difference compared to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 O. Entin-Wohlman , R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson , A. Aharony

We study the nonlinear cotunneling current through a spinful quantum dot contacted by two superconducting leads. Applying a general nonequilibrium Green function formalism to an effective Kondo model, we study the rich variation in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-12 B. M. Andersen , K. Flensberg , V. Koerting , J. Paaske

We study Andreev processes and nonlocal transport in a three-terminal graphene-superconductor hybrid system under a quantizing perpendicular magnetic field [G.-H. Lee et al., Nature Phys. 13, 693 (2017)]. We find that the amplitude of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 Michael Beconcini , Marco Polini , Fabio Taddei

We study the interplay of both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) and a uniform perpendicular magnetic field $\textbf{B}$ on the transport of a spin-polarized electron along a curved quantum wire. Eigenenergies and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-27 Carlos Baldo , Cristine Villagonzalo

The spin Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron system on honeycomb lattice with both intrinsic and Rashba spin-orbit couplings is studied numerically. Integer quantized spin Hall conductance is obtained at zero Rashba coupling limit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Sheng , D. N. Sheng , C. S. Ting , F. D. M. Haldane

We study the sub-gap spectrum and the transport properties of a double quantum dot coupled to metallic and superconducting leads. The coupling of both quantum dots to the superconducting lead induces a non-local pairing in both quantum dots…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 G. Górski , K. Kucab

We identify the leading processes of electron transport across finite-length segments of proximitized nanowires and build a quantitative theory of their two-terminal conductance. In the presence of spin-orbit interaction, a nanowire can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-28 B. van Heck , R. M. Lutchyn , L. I. Glazman

We study the effect of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the quantum transport of carbon nanotubes with arbitrary chiralities. For certain spin directions, we find a strong spin-polarized electrical current that depends on the diameter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-28 Hernán Santos , A. Latgé , J. E. Alvarellos , Leonor Chico

We theoretically studied the in-plane tunneling spectroscopy of the hybrid structure composed of a metal and a semiconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We found that the energy spacing between two distinct features in the conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-28 B Srisongmuang , P Pairor , M Berciu

We investigate the transmission properties of a spin transistor coupled to two quantum point contacts acting as spin injector and detector. In the Fabry-Perot regime, transport is mediated by quasibound states formed between tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 M. I. Alomar , Llorenç Serra , David Sanchez

We study Andreev bound states (ABS) and resulting charge transport of Rashba superconductor (RSC) where two-dimensional semiconductor (2DSM) heterostructures is sandwiched by spin-singlet s-wave superconductor and ferromagnet insulator. ABS…

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We study coherent transport and bound-state formation of Bogoliubov quasiparticles in a high-mobility In$_{0.75}%$Ga$_{0.25}$As two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) coupled to a superconducting Nb electrode by means of a quantum point…

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We have measured the non-local resistance of aluminum-iron spin-valve structures fabricated by e-beam lithography and shadow evaporation. The sample geometry consists of an aluminum bar with two or more ferromagnetic wires forming point…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Beckmann , H. B. Weber , H. v. Löhneysen

Nonlocal charge correlations induced in two normal metals contacted separately to a supercon- ductor have been studied intensively in the past few years. Here we investigate nonlocal correlations induced by the transfer of pure spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Taewan Noh , Manuel Houzet , Julia S. Meyer , Venkat Chandrasekhar

We study theoretically transport through a semiconducting nanowire (NW) in the presence of Rashba spin orbit interaction, uniform magnetic field, and spatially modulated magnetic field. The system is fully gapped, and the interplay between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Diego Rainis , Arijit Saha , Jelena Klinovaja , Luka Trifunovic , Daniel Loss

A scheme for a spin-polarized current separator is proposed by studying the spin-dependent electron transport of a fork-shaped nanostructure with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC), connected to three leads with the same width. It is found…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-27 Xianbo Xiao , Yuguang Chen

Rashba spin-orbit coupling appears in 2D systems lacking inversion symmetry, and causes the spin-splitting of otherwise degenerate energy bands into an upper and lower helicity band. In this paper, we explore how impurity scattering affects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-26 Joel Hutchinson , Joseph Maciejko