Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions

We study the crossed Andreev reflection and the nonlocal transport in the staggered graphene/superconductor/periodic line defect superlattice (LDGSL) junctions. The staggered pseudospin potential in the left graphene electrode suppress the local Andreev reflection, while the elastic cotunneling of K' valley electrons is inhibited due to the exclusive rightward motion of K valley electrons in the right LDGSL electrode, thereby enabling the realization of dominant intravalley crossed Andreev reflection for incident electrons from the K' valley. Meanwhile, the intravalley elastic cotunneling occurs while both local Andreev reflection and crossed Andreev reflection are completely eliminated for incident electrons in the K valley. Furthermore, the probability of intervalley crossed Andreev reflection scattering is significantly lower than that of intravalley CAR scattering across a broad range of incident angles and electron energies. Our results are helpful for designing the flexible and high-efficiency Cooper pair splitter based on the valley degree of freedom.

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Scientific Reports
Published
2025-05-07
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01019-w
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Graphene research and applications
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Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions

Sake Wang, Chongdan Ren, Minglei Sun, Hongyu Tian
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Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions

Sake Wang, Chongdan Ren, Minglei Sun, Hongyu Tian
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Abstract

We study the crossed Andreev reflection and the nonlocal transport in the staggered graphene/superconductor/periodic line defect superlattice (LDGSL) junctions. The staggered pseudospin potential in the left graphene electrode suppress the local Andreev reflection, while the elastic cotunneling of K' valley electrons is inhibited due to the exclusive rightward motion of K valley electrons in the right LDGSL electrode, thereby enabling the realization of dominant intravalley crossed Andreev reflection for incident electrons from the K' valley. Meanwhile, the intravalley elastic cotunneling occurs while both local Andreev reflection and crossed Andreev reflection are completely eliminated for incident electrons in the K valley. Furthermore, the probability of intervalley crossed Andreev reflection scattering is significantly lower than that of intravalley CAR scattering across a broad range of incident angles and electron energies. Our results are helpful for designing the flexible and high-efficiency Cooper pair splitter based on the valley degree of freedom.

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University of Antwerp (BE), Linyi University (CN), Jinling Institute of Technology (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
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