Charge transport through ferromagnet/two-dimensional electron gas/d-wave superconductor junctions with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

Zhaoyong Zhang

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2008, vol. 63, issue 1, 65-69

Abstract: Along the lines of Blonder, Tinkham and Klapwijk, we investigate the charge transport through ferromagnet/two-dimensional electronic gas/d-wave superconductor (F/2DEG/S) junctions in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling and focus our attention on the interplay between spin polarization and spin precession. At zero spin polarization, the spin-mixing scattering resulted from Rashba SO coupling decreases the zero-bias conductance peak. Under spin polarization, spin precession introduces novel Andreev reflection, which competes with the effect of spin-mixing scattering. If the F layer is a half metal, the later effect is overwhelmed by that of novel Andreev reflection. As a result, the zero-bias conductance dip caused by spin polarization is enhanced, and at strong Rashba SO coupling, a split zero-bias peak is found in the gap. In an intermediate region where the two effects are comparable with each other, the zero-bias conductance shows a reentrant behavior as a function of Rashba SO coupling. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2008

Keywords: 73.23.-b Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, 74.45.+c Proximity effects; Andreev effect; SN and SNS junctions, 74.50.+r Tunneling phenomena; point contacts, weak links, Josephson effects, 74.20.Rp Pairing symmetries , (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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