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We revisit the problem of the second harmonic generation in the current-phase relation across ferromagnetic bilayers placed between BCS superconductors. In particular, we consider a strongly spin-polarized metallic ferromagnet coupled to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-02 Niklas L. Schulz , Danilo Nikolić , Matthias Eschrig

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

In graphene nanoribbon junctions, the nearly perfect transmission occurs in some junctions while the zero conductance dips due to anti-resonance appear in others. We have classified the appearance of zero conductance dips for all…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-07 Masayuki Yamamoto , Katsunori Wakabayashi

Spin current--a flow of electron spins without a charge current--is an ideal information carrier free from Joule heating for electronic devices. The celebrated spin Hall effect, which arises from the relativistic spin-orbit coupling,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-09 Makoto Naka , Satoru Hayami , Hiroaki Kusunose , Yuki Yanagi , Yukitoshi Motome , Hitoshi Seo

Further development of the field of all-electric spintronics requires the successful integration of spin transport channels with spin injector/generator elements. While with the advent of graphene and related 2D materials high performance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-30 Kristina Vaklinova , Alexander Hoyer , Marko Burghard , Klaus Kern

We study transport properties and also local density of states in a clean superconductor-normal metal-superconductor Josephson junction with triplet f-wave superconductors based on the Eilenberger equation. Effects of thickness of normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-05 Yousef Rahnavard , Gholamreza Rashedi , Takehito Yokoyama

Within the field of spintronics major efforts are directed towards developing applications for spin-based transport devices made fully out of two-dimensional (2D) materials. In this work we present an experimental realization of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Alexey A. Kaverzin , Talieh S. Ghiasi , Avalon H. Dismukes , Xavier Roy , Bart J. van Wees

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

The spin photocurrents, direct currents induced by light, hold great promise for introducing new elements to spintronics. However, a general theory for spin photocurrents in real materials which is applicable to systems with spin-orbit…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-06 Jae-Mo Lihm , Cheol-Hwan Park

We propose a simple scheme for the spin filter by studying the coherent transport of electrons through a double-bend structure in a quantum wire with a weak lateral magnetic potential which is much weaker than the Fermi energy of the leads.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Q. W. Shi , J. Zhou , M. W. Wu

We develop a theory for graphene magnetotransport in the presence of carrier spin polarization as induced, for example, by the application of an in-plane magnetic field ($B$) parallel to the 2D graphene layer. We predict a negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-14 E. H. Hwang , S. Das Sarma

We theoretically investigate the quantum transports in a junction between a superconductor and a silicene nanoribbon, under the effect of a magnetic exchange field. We find that for a narrow nanoribbon of silicene, remarkable crossed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Kangkang Li , Yan-Yang Zhang

Andreev reflection at the interface between a ferromagnet and a superconductor has become a foundation of a versatile new technique of measuring the spin polarization of magnetic materials. In this paper we will briefly outline a general…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 I. I. Mazin , A. A. Golubov , B. Nadgorny

We present a study of the Andreev reflections in superconductor/ferromagnet nanostructured point contacts. The experimental data are analyzed in the frame of a model with two spin-dependent transmission coefficients for the majority and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Perez-Willard , J. C. Cuevas , C. Suergers , P. Pfundstein , J. Kopu , M. Eschrig , H. v. Loehneysen

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

Thanks to its intrinsic ability to preserve spin coherence, graphene is a prime material for spintronics. In this review article, we summarize recent achievements related to spintronics in graphene quantum dots and motivate this field from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Matthias Droth , Guido Burkard

We present a methodology to address, from first principles, charge-spin interconversion in two-dimensional materials with spin-orbit coupling. Our study relies on an implementation of density functional theory based quantum transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Maedeh Rassekh , Hernán Santos , Andrea Latge , Leonor Chico , Saber Farjami Shayesteh , Juan Jose Palacios

The isolation of graphene has triggered an avalanche of studies into the spin-dependent physical properties of this material, as well as graphene-based spintronic devices. Here we review the experimental and theoretical state-of-art…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-11 Wei Han , Roland K. Kawakami , Martin Gmitra , Jaroslav Fabian

We report on graphene-passivated ferromagnetic electrodes (GPFE) for spin devices. GPFE are shown to act as spin-polarized oxidation-resistant electrodes. The direct coating of nickel with few layer graphene through a readily scalable…

We discover an intrinsic superspin Hall current: an injected charge supercurrent in a Josephson junction containing heavy normal metals and a ferromagnet generates a transverse spin supercurrent. There is no accompanying dissipation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 Jacob Linder , Morten Amundsen , Vetle Risinggård