journal article·2015-04-01Open access

Charge transport of graphene ferromagnetic-insulator-superconductor junction with pairing state of broken time reversal symmetry

Yaser Hajati

AIP Advances· Volume 5· Issue 4

Abstract

We investigate the charge transport through a graphene-based ferromagnetic-insulator-superconductor junction with a broken time reversal symmetry (BTRS) of dx2−y2 + is and dx2−y2 + idxy superconductor using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formalism. Our analysis have shown several charateristics in this junction, providing a useful probe to understand the role of the order parameter symmetry in the superconductivity. We find that the presence of the BTRS (X) state in the superconductor region has a strong effect on the tunneling conductance curves which leads to a decrease in the height of the zero-bias conductance peak (ZBCP). In particular, we show that the magnitude of the superconducting proximity effect depends to a great extent on X and by increasing X, the zero-bias charge conductance oscillations with respect to the rotation angle β are suppressed. In addition, we find that at the maximum rotation angle β = π/4, introducing BTRS in the FIS junction causes oscillatory behavior of the zero-bias charge conductance with the barrier strength (χG) by a period of π and by approaching the X to 1, the amplitude of charge conductance oscillations increases. This behavior is drastically different from none BTRS similar graphene junctions. At last, we suggest an experimental setup for verifying our predicted effects.
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OpenAlex topics: Graphene research and applications · Quantum and electron transport phenomena · Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

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Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, , Ahvaz 64718-47183, Iran

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