Andreev reflection through a quantum dot coupled with two ferromagnets and a superconductor

Details Andreev reflection through a quantum dot coupled with two ferromagnets and a superconductor Andreev reflection through a quantum dot coupled with two ferromagnets and a superconductor

2001-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104103v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

15 pages, 7 figures, LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.65.024516

We study the Andreev reflection (AR) in a three terminal mesoscopic hybrid system, in which two ferromagnets (F$_1$ and F$_2$) are coupled to a superconductor (S) through a quantum dot (QD). By using non-equilibrium Green function, we derive a general current formula which allows arbitrary spin polarizations, magnetization orientations and bias voltages in F$_1$ and F$_2$. The formula is applied to study both zero bias conductance and finite bias current. The current conducted by crossed AR involving F$_1$, F$_2$ and S is particularly unusual, in which an electron with spin $\sigma $ incident from one of the ferromagnets picks up another electron with spin $\bar{\sigma}$ from the other one, both enter S and form a Cooper pair. Several special cases are investigated to reveal the properties of AR in this system.

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