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We study thermoelectric transport through double quantum dots system with spin-dependent interdot coupling and ferromagnetic electrodes by means of the non-equilibrium Green function in the linear response regime. It is found that the…

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We numerically investigate the electronic transport properties between two mesoscopic graphene disks with a twist by employing the density functional theory coupled with non-equilibrium Green's function technique. By attaching two graphene…

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In this work, it is considered a nanostructure composed by a quantum dot coupled to two ferromagnets and a superconductor. The transport properties of this system are studied within a generalized mean-field approximation taking into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-19 E. C. Siqueira , P. A. Orellana , A. C. Seridonio , R. C. Cestari , M. S. Figueira , G. G. Cabrera

A theory of crossed Andreev reflection in structures consisting of a superconductor with two ferromagnetic leads is presented. The electric current due to the crossed Andreev reflection strongly depends on the relative orientation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Taro Yamashita , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa

We investigate thermomagnetic transport in an ultracold atomic system with two ferromagnets linked via a magnetic quantum point contact. Using nonequilibrium Green's function approach, we show a divergence in spin conductance and a slowing…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-10-18 Yuta Sekino , Yuya Ominato , Hiroyuki Tajima , Shun Uchino , Mamoru Matsuo

The description of the proximity effect in superconducting/ferromagnetic heterostructures requires to use spin-dependent boundary conditions. Such boundary conditions must take into account the spin dependence of the phase shifts acquired…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Audrey Cottet

The Andreev reflection of the normal state-superconductor junction both in monolayer and bilayer graphene with a single magnetic barrier is investigated by means of the Green's function formalism. Within the tight-binding model, we study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-07 Hengyi Xu , T. Henizel

We analyze the broad range of spin-dependent nonequilibrium transport properties of hybrid systems composed of a normal region tunnel coupled to two superconductors with exchange fields induced by the proximity to thin ferromagnetic layers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-11-21 F. Giazotto , F. Taddei , P. D'Amico , Rosario Fazio , F. Beltram

In this work, we theoretically study transverse magnetic focusing in a two-dimensional electron gas with strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction when proximitized along its edge with a superconducting contact. The presence of superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Lucila Peralta Gavensky , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

We study Multiple Andreev Reflections in long diffusive superconductor(S)-normal metal(N)-superconductor junctions with low-transparency interfaces. Assuming strong thermalization in the weak link we calculate the current-voltage dependence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-16 A. V. Polkin , P. A. Ioselevich

An overview is presented of experiments on ballistic electrical transport in inhomogeneous superconducting systems which are controlled by the process of Andreev reflection. The initial experiments based on the coexistence of a normal phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-22 T. M. Klapwijk , S. A. Ryabchun

We have measured local and non-local conductance of mesoscopic normal-metal/superconductor hybrid structures fabricated by e-beam lithography and shadow evaporation. The sample geometry consists of a superconducting aluminum bar with two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-21 J. Brauer , F. Hübler , M. Smetanin , D. Beckmann , H. v. Löhneysen

The transport through a metal-superconductor interface is governed by a special charge conversion process, the Andreev reflection, where each incident electron drags another electron with itself to form a Cooper pair. At the normal side a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-04-25 A. Geresdi , A. Halbritter , G. Mihály

We observe large amplitude changes in the resistance of ferromagnetic (F) wires at the onset of superconductivity of adjacent superconductors (S). New sharp peaks of large amplitude are found in the magnetoresistance of the F-wires. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 V. T. Petrashov , I. A. Sosnin , C. Troadec , I. Cox , A. Parsons

We investigate electron cooling based on a clean normal-metal/spin-filter/superconductor junction. Due to the suppression of the Andreev reflection by the spin-filter effect, the cooling power of the system is found to be extremely higher…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-03 Shiro Kawabata , Andrey S. Vasenko , Asier Ozaeta , F. Sebastian Bergeret , Frank W. J. Hekking

A hybrid superconductor--two-dimensional electron gas microdevice is presented. Its working principle is based on the suppression of Andreev reflection at the superconductor-semiconductor interface caused by a magnetic barrier generated by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Castellana , F. Giazotto , M. Governale , F. Taddei , F. Beltram

As a non-magnetic heavy metal is attached to a ferromagnet, a vertically flowing heat-driven spin current is converted to a transverse electric voltage, which is known as the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (SSE). If the ferromagnet is a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yadong Xu , Bowen Yang , Chi Tang , Zilong Jiang , Michael Schneider , Renu Whig , Jing Shi

Being resilient to magnetic field, Ising superconductor serves as an exceptional platform for studying the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism. In this Letter, we first explore the transport properties of a two-terminal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Gaoyang Li , Sourabh Patil , Yanxia Xing , Wolfgang Belzig , Gaomin Tang

The proximity effect in mesoscopic ferromagnet/superconductor ($FS$) Ni/Al structures of various geometries was studied experimentally on both $F$- and $S$-sides of the structures. Samples with a wide range of interface transparency were…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 V. T. Petrashov , I. A. Sosnin , I. Cox , A. Parsons , C. Troadec