| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 51, Number 2, July 2000
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 202 - 208 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2000-00532-1 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Spin-resolved Andreev reflection in ferromagnet-superconductor junctions with Zeeman splitting
Centre de Recherches sur les Très Basses
Températures (CRTBT)
Laboratoire concentionné avec l'Université Joseph
Fourier, CNRS
BP 166 X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
Received:
26
October
1999
Accepted:
18
May
2000
Andreev reflection in ferromagnet-superconductor junctions is derived in a regime in which Zeeman splitting dominates the response of the superconductor to an applied magnetic field. Spin-up and spin-down Andreev reflections are shown to be resolved as the voltage is increased. In the metallic limit, the transition from Andreev to quasiparticle transport in the spin-up channels has a non-trivial behavior when spin polarization increases. The conductance is asymmetric in a voltage reversal, which can be used as a new probe of spin polarization.
PACS: 74.80.Fp – Point contacts; SN and SNS junctions / 72.10.Bg – General formulation of transport theory
© EDP Sciences, 2000
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