Spin dependence of crossed Andreev reflection and electron tunneling induced by Majorana fermions

被引:7
作者
Zhang, Kunhua [1 ]
Zeng, Junjie [1 ]
Dong, Xinlong [1 ,2 ]
Cheng, Qiang [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei Natl Lab Phys Sci Microscale, ICQD, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
[2] Shanxi Normal Univ, Coll Phys & Informat Engn, Linfen, Shanxi, Peoples R China
[3] Qingdao Univ Technol, Sch Sci, Qingdao 266520, Shandong, Peoples R China
基金
中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Majorana fermions; crossed Andreev reflection; electron tunneling; spin polarization; QUANTUM; STATE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;
D O I
10.1088/1361-648X/aaedf6
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We investigate spin dependence of the nonlocal transport induced by Majorana fermions in a one-dimensional ferromagnet-ferromagnetic-insulator-superconductor-ferromagnetic-insulator-ferromagnet junction on the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator. The results show that coupled Majorana fermions lead to the nonlocal transport processes including electron tunneling and crossed Andreev reflection, which can be tuned by adjusting the spin polarizations of the Majorana fermions. By manipulating the bands in the two ferromagnets, the nonlocal transport can be selected as either pure electron tunneling or pure crossed Andreev reflection, the transmission probability of which could be 100%. Furthermore, the pure electron tunneling and the pure crossed Andreev reflection are well controlled by the spin directions of the electron states in the two ferromagnets.
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