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Fano resonance in a normal metal/ferromagnet-quantum dot-superconductor device

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-12-09 v1

Abstract

We investigate theoretically the Andreev transport through a quantum dot strongly coupled with a normal metal/ferromagnet and a superconductor (N/F-QD-S), in which the interplay between the Kondo resonance and the Andreev bound states (ABSs) has not been clearly clarified yet. Here we show that the interference between the Kondo resonance and the ABSs modifies seriously the lineshape of the Kondo resonance, which manifests as a Fano resonance. The ferromagnetic lead with spin-polarization induces an effective field, which leads to splitting both of the Kondo resonance and the ABSs. The spin-polarization together with the magnetic field applied provides an alternative way to tune the lineshape of the Kondo resonances, which is dependent of the relative positions of the Kondo resonance and of the ABSs. These results indicate that the interplay between the Kondo resonance and the ABSs can significantly affect the Andreev transport, which could be tested by experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1509.04801,
  title  = {Fano resonance in a normal metal/ferromagnet-quantum dot-superconductor device},
  author = {Lin Li and Zhan Cao and Hong-Gang Luo and Fu-Chun Zhang and Wei-Qiang Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04801},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8pages, 7figures

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