Electrical control of crossed Andreev reflection and spin-valley switch in antiferromagnet/superconductor junctions

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Main Authors: Lu, Wei-Tao, Sun, Qing-Feng
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author Lu, Wei-Tao
Sun, Qing-Feng
author_facet Lu, Wei-Tao
Sun, Qing-Feng
contents We study the subgap transport through the antiferromagnet/superconductor (AF/S) and antiferromagnet/superconductor/antiferromagnet (AF/S/AF) junctions controlled by electric field in a generic buckled honeycomb system, such as silicene, germanene, and stanene. In the present of electric field and antiferromagnetic exchange field, the spin-valley polarized half metallic phase can be achieved in the honeycomb system due to the spin-orbit coupling, which affords an opportunity to generate the pure crossed Andreev reflection (CAR). It is found that the pure CAR can be generated without local Andreev reflection (AR) and elastic cotunneling (EC) over a wide range of electric field. A spin-valley switch effect can be realized between the pure CAR and the pure EC by adjusting the electric field. The properties of AR process and CAR process strongly depend on the spin-valley polarized states. Our results suggest that the device can implement an electrical measurement of the CAR process and spin-valley switch.
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spellingShingle Electrical control of crossed Andreev reflection and spin-valley switch in antiferromagnet/superconductor junctions
Lu, Wei-Tao
Sun, Qing-Feng
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
We study the subgap transport through the antiferromagnet/superconductor (AF/S) and antiferromagnet/superconductor/antiferromagnet (AF/S/AF) junctions controlled by electric field in a generic buckled honeycomb system, such as silicene, germanene, and stanene. In the present of electric field and antiferromagnetic exchange field, the spin-valley polarized half metallic phase can be achieved in the honeycomb system due to the spin-orbit coupling, which affords an opportunity to generate the pure crossed Andreev reflection (CAR). It is found that the pure CAR can be generated without local Andreev reflection (AR) and elastic cotunneling (EC) over a wide range of electric field. A spin-valley switch effect can be realized between the pure CAR and the pure EC by adjusting the electric field. The properties of AR process and CAR process strongly depend on the spin-valley polarized states. Our results suggest that the device can implement an electrical measurement of the CAR process and spin-valley switch.
title Electrical control of crossed Andreev reflection and spin-valley switch in antiferromagnet/superconductor junctions
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04003