Zero bias anomaly in Andreev reflection spectroscopy

Gifford, J. A.; Zhao, G. J.; Li, B. C.; Zhang, J.; Kim, D. R.; Chen, T. Y.

doi:10.1063/1.4965983

Title: Zero bias anomaly in Andreev reflection spectroscopy

Journal Article · Wed Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4965983· OSTI ID:1388935

Gifford, J. A. ^[1]; Zhao, G. J. ^[1];

^[1]; Zhang, J. ^[1]; Kim, D. R. ^[1];

^[1]

Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)

Zero bias anomalies have been observed in point contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy using conventional superconductors, and they cannot be suppressed by a highly spin-polarized current. By systematically varying the size of the point contact, the anomalies are found to be evolved from conductance dips outside the superconducting gap. Furthermore, these anomalies, which depend on the size of the interface, are not intrinsic to the superconductors but due to a large resistance change when the contact region is driven to normal by an Oersted field.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1388935

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Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 16; Related Information: SHINES partners with University of California, Riverside (lead); Arizona State University; Colorado State University; Johns Hopkins University; University of California Irvine; University of California Los Angeles; University of Texas at Austin; ISSN 0021-8979

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