Measurement of the spin polarization of the magnetic semiconductor EuS with zero-field and Zeeman-split Andreev reflection spectroscopy
Cong Ren, J. Trbovic, R. L. Kallaher, J. G. Braden, J. S. Parker, S. von Molnár, P. Xiong
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205208 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We report measurements of the spin polarization (P) of the concentrated magnetic semiconductor EuS using both zero-field and Zeeman-split Andreev reflection spectroscopy (ARS) with EuS∕Al planar junctions. The zero-field ARS spectra are well described by the modified (spin-polarized) Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) model with expected superconducting energy gap and actual measurement temperature (no additional spectral broadening). The fittings consistently yield P close to 80% regardless of the barrier strength. Moreover, we performed ARS in the presence of a Zeeman splitting of the quasiparticle density of states in Al. To describe the Zeeman-split ARS spectra, we develop a theoretical model which incorporates the solution to the Maki-Fulde equations into the modified BTK analysis. The method enables the determination of the magnitude as well as the sign of P with ARS, and the results are consistent with those from the zero-field ARS. The experiments extend the utility of field-split superconducting spectroscopy from tunnel junctions to Andreev junctions of arbitrary barrier strengths.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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