Spin-filtered and spatially distinguishable crossed Andreev reflection in a silicene-superconductor junction
Kangkang Li, Yan-Yang Zhang
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165441 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We theoretically investigate the quantum transport in a junction between a superconductor and a silicene nanoribbon, under the effect of a magnetic exchange field. We find that for a narrow nanoribbon of silicene, remarkable crossed Andreev reflection (with a fraction >50%) can be induced in the energy window of the elastic cotunneling, by destroying some symmetries of the system. Since the energy responses of electrons to the exchange field are opposite for opposite spins, these transport channels can be well spin polarized. Moreover, due to the helicity conservation of the topological edge states, the Andreev reflection, the crossed Andreev reflection, and the elastic cotunneling are spatially separated in three different locations of the device, making them experimentally distinguishable. This crossed Andreev reflection is a nonlocal quantum interference between opposite edges through evanescent modes. If two superconducting leads with different phases are connected to two edges of the silicene nanoribbon, the crossed Andreev reflection can present Josephson type oscillations, with a maximal fraction ∼100%.
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