Published November 10, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Intradot spin-flip Andreev reflection tunneling through a ferromagnet-quantum dot-superconductor system with ac field

  • 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

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.09.037

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DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2008.09.037;
PII
S0375-9601(08)01438-2;

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Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
372
Journal Issue
45
Journal Page Range
p. 6773-6777
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

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