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The scattering of exotic quasiparticles may follow different rules than electrons. In the fractional quantum Hall regime, a quantum point contact (QPC) provides a source of quasiparticles with field effect selectable charges and statistics,…

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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

We study shot noise in mesoscopic diffusive wires between a normal and a superconducting terminal. We particularly focus on the regime, in which the proximity-induced reentrance effect is important. We will examine the difference between a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wolfgang Belzig

We consider a hybrid system consisting of two normal metal leads weakly connected to a superconductor. Current-current correlations of the normal leads are studied in the tunneling limit at subgap voltages and temperatures. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bignon , M. Houzet , F. Pistolesi , F. W. J. Hekking

Andreev reflection occurs in a normal metal-superconductor junction, when an electron on the normal side can only be transmitted as a Cooper pair in the superconductor, with the reflection of a hole on the normal side. A similar phenomenon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 K. Iyer , T. Martin , J. Rech , T. Jonckheere

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

Crossed Andreev reflection (cAR) is a scattering process that happens in a quantum transport set-up consisting of two normal metals (NM) attached to a superconductor (SC), where an electron incident from one NM results in a hole emerging in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-25 Abhiram Soori , Subroto Mukerjee

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 crossed Andreev reflection in a hybrid nanostructure consisting of a d-wave superconductor and two quantum wires is theoretically studied. When the (110) oriented surface of the superconductor is in contact with the wires parallel and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Takahashi , T. Yamashita , S. Maekawa

We report on electronic transport properties of mesoscopic superconductor-ferromagnet spin-valve structures. Two ferromagnetic iron leads form planar tunnel contacts to a superconducting aluminum wire, where the distance of the two contacts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Beckmann , H. v. Löhneysen

We consider a double quantum dot coupled to two normal leads and one superconducting lead, modeling the Cooper pair beam splitter studied in two recent experiments. Starting from a microscopic Hamiltonian we derive a general expression for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-25 D. Chevallier , J. Rech , T. Jonckheere , T. Martin

Electrical conductance measurements have limited scope in identifying Andreev edge states (AESs), which form the basis for realizing various topological excitations in quantum Hall (QH) - superconductor (SC) junctions. To unambiguously…

Tunneling spectroscopy of superconductors provides valuable insights into gap symmetry, quasiparticle dynamics, and pairing mechanisms. This paper explores spatial patterns of quasiparticle interference in the tunneling density of states…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-21 Archisman Panigrahi , Vladislav Poliakov , Leonid Levitov

Shot noise cross-correlations across single layer graphene structures are calculated with insulators separating a superconducting region. A new feature of specular crossed Andreev reflection comes into play due to the unique band structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Colin Benjamin , Jiannis K. Pachos

The superconducting energy gap and quasiparticle density of states (DOS) is measured by means of Andreev-reflection spectroscopy in normal metal - superconductor point contacts. It is found that both in paramagnetic and in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 I. K. Yanson

Nonlocal currents, in devices where two normal metal terminals are contacted to a superconductor, are determined using the circuit theory of mesoscopic superconductivity. We calculate the conductance associated with crossed Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-26 Jan Petter Morten , Arne Brataas , Wolfgang Belzig

Tunneling Andreev reflection (TAR) spectroscopy offers a powerful new approach to fingerprint superconducting pairing symmetry at the atomic scale. By leveraging the exponential sensitivity of excess tunneling decay rate to Andreev…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-29 Petro Maksymovych , Sang Yong Song , Benjamin Lawrie , Wonhee Ko , Jose L. Lado

Shot noise emerges due to the discrete nature of charge transport and provides direct access to the underlying microscopic transport mechanisms governing current flow in mesoscopic conductors. In this work, we demonstrate that quantum shot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Shahrukh Salim , Poornima Shakya

An experimental device was designed to measure the effect of the injection of spin-polarized carriers on the superconductive gap and density-of-states (DOS). Quasiparticles were injected from a ferromagnet ($Ni_{0.8}Fe_{0.2}$) through a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Leridon , J. Lesueur , M. Aprili

Non-local pairing processes at the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator in proximity to an $s$-wave superconductor are usually suppressed by helicity. However, additional proximity of a ferromagnetic insulator can substantially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 François Crépin , Pablo Burset , Björn Trauzettel