Andreev reflection in two-dimensional topological insulators with either conserved or broken time-reversal symmetry

Details Andreev reflection in two-dimensional topological insulators with either conserved or broken time-reversal symmetry Andreev reflection in two-dimensional topological insulators with either conserved or broken time-reversal symmetry

2012-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/1202.4874v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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We investigate Andreev reflection in two-dimensional heterojunctions formed by a superconductor in contact with a topological insulator ribbon either possessing or breaking time-reversal symmetry. Both classes of topological insulators exhibit perfect Andreev reflection, robust against disorder. This is assigned to topologically protected edge states. In the time-reversal symmetric case we show that doping one of the ribbon edges with magnetic impurities suppresses one Andreev channel, while no such suppression is seen in the broken symmetry situation. Based on this observation we suggest a transport experiment able to distinguish between the two types of topological insulators.

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