Direkt zum Inhalt

Costa, Andreas ; Matos-Abiague, Alex ; Fabian, Jaroslav

Skew Andreev reflection in ferromagnet/superconductor junctions

Costa, Andreas , Matos-Abiague, Alex and Fabian, Jaroslav (2019) Skew Andreev reflection in ferromagnet/superconductor junctions. Physical Review B 100, 060507(R).

Date of publication of this fulltext: 06 Sep 2019 09:55
Article
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.40691


Abstract

Andreev reflection (AR) in ferromagnet/superconductor junctions is an indispensable spectroscopic tool for measuring spin polarization. We study theoretically how the presence of a thin semiconducting interface in such junctions, inducing Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, modifies AR processes. The interface gives rise to a momentum- and spin-dependent scattering potential, making the ...

Andreev reflection (AR) in ferromagnet/superconductor junctions is an indispensable spectroscopic tool for measuring spin polarization. We study theoretically how the presence of a thin semiconducting interface in such
junctions, inducing Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, modifies AR processes. The interface gives rise to a momentum- and spin-dependent scattering potential, making the AR probability strongly asymmetric with
respect to the sign of the incident electrons’ transverse momenta. This skew AR creates spatial charge carrier imbalances and transverse Hall currents in the ferromagnet. We show that the effect is giant, compared to the normal regime. We provide a quantitative analysis and a qualitative picture of this phenomenon, and finally show that skew AR also leads to a widely tunable transverse supercurrent response in the superconductor.


Involved Institutions


Details

Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review B
Publisher:APS
Volume:100
Page Range:060507(R)
Date26 August 2019
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-406913
Item ID40691

Export bibliographical data

Owner only: item control page

nach oben