• 文献标题:   Graphene based superconducting junctions as spin sources for spintronics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   EMAMIPOUR H
  • 作者关键词:   a. superconductor, d. tunneling phenomena
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477 EI 1873-1759
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ilam Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2017.09.010
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We investigate spin-polarized transport in graphene-based ferromagnet-superconductor junctions within the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formalism by using spin-polarized Dirac-Bogoliubov-de-Gennes equations. We consider superconductor in spin-singlet s-wave pairing state and ferromagnet is modeled by an exchange field with energy of E-x. We have found that graphene-based junctions can be used to produce highly spin-polarized current in different situations. For example, if we design a junction with high E-x and E-F compared to order parameter of superconductor, then one can have a large spin-polarized current which is tunable in magnitude and sign by bias voltage and E-x. Therefore graphene-based superconducting junction can be used in spintronic devices in alternative to conventional junctions or half-metallic ferromagnets. Also, we have found that the calculated spin polarization can be used as a tool to distinguish specular Andreev reflection (SAR) from the conventional Andreev reflection (CAR) such that in the case of CAR, spin polarization in sub-gap region is completely negative which means that spin-down current is greater than spin-up current. When the SAR is dominated, the spin polarization is positive at all bias-voltages, which itself shows that spin-up current is greater than spin-down current.