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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
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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.
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| Item type | Article |
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review B |
| Publisher: | APS |
|---|---|
| Volume: | 100 |
| Page Range: | 060507(R) |
| Date | 26 August 2019 |
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Status | Published |
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed |
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes |
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-406913 |
| Item ID | 40691 |
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