Intradot spin-flip Andreev reflection tunneling through a ferromagnet-quantum dot-superconductor system with ac field
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444 (China)
Description
We investigate Andreev reflection (AR) tunneling through a ferromagnet-quantum dot-superconductor (F-QD-S) system in the presence of an external ac field. The intradot spin-flip scattering in the QD is involved. Using the nonequilibrium Green function and BCS quasiparticle spectrum for superconductor, time-averaged AR conductance is formulated. The competition between the intradot spin-flip scattering and photon-assisted tunneling dominates the resonant behaviors of the time-averaged AR conductance. For weak intradot spin-flip scattering strengths, the AR conductance shows a series of equal interval resonant levels. However, the single-peak at main resonant level develops into a well-resolved double-peak resonance at a strong intradot spin-flip scattering strength. Remarkable, multiple-photon-assisted tunneling that generates photonic sideband peaks with a variable interval has been found. In addition, the AR conductance-bias voltage characteristic shows a transition between the single-peak to double-peak resonance as the ratio of the two tunneling strengths varies
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.09.037Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2008.09.037;
- PII
- S0375-9601(08)01438-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 372
- Journal Issue
- 45
- Journal Page Range
- p. 6773-6777
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40053303
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BCS THEORY; COMPETITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GREEN FUNCTION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; REFLECTION; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SPECTRA; SPIN FLIP; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TUNNEL EFFECT
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.