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Mode mixing induced by disorder in graphene PNP junction in a magnetic field
We study the electron transport through the graphene PNP junction under a
magnetic field and show that modes mixing plays an essential role. By using the
non-equilibrium Green's function method, the space distribution of the
scattering state for a specific incident modes as well the elements of the
transmission and reflection coefficient matrixes are investigated. All elements
of the transmission (reflection) coefficient matrixes are very different for a
perfect PNP junction, but they are same at a disordered junction due to the
mode mixing. The space distribution of the scattering state for the different
incident modes also exhibit the similar behaviors, that they distinctly differ
from each other in the perfect junction but are almost same in the disordered
junction. For a unipolar junction, when the mode number in the center region is
less than that in the left and right regions, the fluctuations of the total
transmission and reflection coefficients are zero, although each element has a
large fluctuation. These results clearly indicate the occurrence of perfect
mode mixing and it plays an essential role in a graphene PNP junction
transport
Double Andreev Reflections in Type-II Weyl Semimetal-Superconductor Junctions
We study the Andreev reflections (ARs) at the interface of the type-II Weyl
semimetal-superconductor junctions and find double ARs when the superconductor
is put in the Weyl semimetal band tilting direction, which is similar to the
double reflections of light in anisotropic crystals. The directions of the
double (retro and specular) ARs are symmetric about the normal due to the
hyperboloidal Fermi surface near the Weyl nodes, but with different AR
amplitudes depending on the direction and energy of the incident electron. When
the normal direction of the Weyl semimetal-superconductor interface is changed
from parallel to perpendicular with the tilt direction, the double ARs
gradually evolve from one retro-AR and one specular AR, passing through double
retro-ARs, one specular AR and one retro-AR, into one retro AR and one normal
reflection, resulting in an anisotropic conductance which can be observed in
experiments.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Josephson junction on one edge of a two dimensional topological insulator affected by magnetic impurity
Current-phase relation in a Josephson junction formed by putting two s-wave
superconductors on the same edge of a two dimensional topological insulator is
investigated. We consider the case that the junction length is finite and
magnetic impurity exists. The similarity and difference with conventional
Josephson junction is discussed. The current is calculated in the semiconductor
picture. Both the - and -period current-phase relations
() are studied. There is a sharp jump at
and for and respectively in the
clean junction. For , the sharp jump is robust against impurity
strength and distribution. However for , the impurity makes the jump
at smooth. The critical (maximum) current of is given
and we find it will be increased by asymmetrical distribution of impurity.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Spin-current diode with a ferromagnetic semiconductor
Diode is a key device in electronics: the charge current can flow through the
device under a forward bias, while almost no current flows under a reverse
bias. Here we propose a corresponding device in spintronics: the spin-current
diode, in which the forward spin current is large but the reversed one is
negligible. We show that the lead/ferromagnetic quantum dot/lead system and the
lead/ferromagnetic semiconductor/lead junction can work as spin-current diodes.
The spin-current diode, a low dissipation device, may have important
applications in spintronics, as the conventional charge-current diode does in
electronics.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
The spin-polarized state of graphene: a spin superconductor
We study the spin-polarized Landau-level state of graphene. Due to
the electron-hole attractive interaction, electrons and holes can bound into
pairs. These pairs can then condense into a spin-triplet superfluid ground
state: a spin superconductor state. In this state, a gap opens up in the edge
bands as well as in the bulk bands, thus it is a charge insulator, but it can
carry the spin current without dissipation. These results can well explain the
insulating behavior of the spin-polarized state in the recent
experiments.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Topological states and quantized current in helical molecules
We report a theoretical study of electron transport along helical molecules
under an external electric field, which is perpendicular to the helix axis of
the molecule. Our results reveal that the topological states could appear in
single-helical molecule and double-stranded DNA in the presence of the
perpendicular electric field. And these topological states guarantee adiabatic
charge pumping across the helical molecules by rotating the electric field in
the transverse plane and the pumped current at zero bias voltage is quantized.
In addition, the quantized current constitutes multiple plateaus by scanning
the Fermi energy as well as the bias voltage, and hold for various model
parameters, since they are topologically protected against perturbations. These
results could motivate further experimental and theoretical studies in the
electron transport through helical molecules, and pave the way to detect
topological states and quantized current in the biological systems.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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