Reentrance effect in a graphene n-p-n junction coupled to a superconductor

被引:41
作者
Ossipov, A.
Titov, M.
Beenakker, C. W. J.
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Inst Lorentz, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Univ Konstanz, Dept Phys, D-78457 Constance, Germany
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.241401
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We study the interplay of Klein tunneling (=interband tunneling) between n-doped and p-doped regions in graphene and Andreev reflection (=electron-hole conversion) at a superconducting electrode. The tunneling conductance of an n-p-n junction initially increases upon lowering the temperature, while the coherence time of the electron-hole pairs is still less than their lifetime, but then drops back again when the coherence time exceeds the lifetime. This reentrance effect, known from diffusive conductors and ballistic quantum dots, provides a method to detect phase coherent Klein tunneling of electron-hole pairs.
引用
收藏
页数:4
相关论文
共 25 条
[1]   Pseudodiffusive conduction at the Dirac point of a normal-superconductor junction in graphene [J].
Akhmerov, A. R. ;
Beenakker, C. W. J. .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2007, 75 (04)
[2]  
ANDREEV AF, 1964, SOV PHYS JETP-USSR, V19, P1228
[3]   EXCESS CURRENT IN MICROBRIDGES S-C-S AND S-C-N [J].
ARTEMENKO, SN ;
VOLKOV, AF ;
ZAITSEV, AV .
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 1979, 30 (12) :771-773
[4]   QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR MICROJUNCTIONS [J].
BEENAKKER, CWJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (19) :12841-12844
[5]  
BEENAKKER CWJ, 2000, NATO SCI SERIES C, V559
[6]   Voltage and temperature dependence of current noise in double-barrier normal-superconducting structures [J].
Bignon, G ;
Pistolesi, F ;
Houzet, M .
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B, 2006, 50 (03) :465-474
[7]   Diagrammatic method of integration over the unitary group, with applications to quantum transport in mesoscopic systems [J].
Brouwer, PW ;
Beenakker, CWJ .
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 1996, 37 (10) :4904-4934
[8]   Reentrance of the metallic conductance in a mesoscopic proximity superconductor [J].
Charlat, P ;
Courtois, H ;
Gandit, P ;
Mailly, D ;
Volkov, AF ;
Pannetier, B .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1996, 77 (24) :4950-4953
[9]   Selective transmission of Dirac electrons and ballistic magnetoresistance of n-p junctions in graphene [J].
Cheianov, Vadim V. ;
Fal'ko, Vladimir I. .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2006, 74 (04)
[10]   Reentrance effect in normal-metal/superconducting hybrid loops [J].
Chien, CJ ;
Chandrasekhar, V .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1999, 60 (22) :15356-15363