Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions

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 cotunne...

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Main Authors: Chongdan Ren, Minglei Sun, Hongyu Tian, Sake Wang
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01019-w
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-4be31cd0f9664efe828552ac041dc1442025-08-20T01:49:47ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-011511810.1038/s41598-025-01019-wValley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctionsChongdan Ren0Minglei Sun1Hongyu Tian2Sake Wang3Département de physique, Université normale de ZunyiDepartment of Physics, NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of AntwerpSchool of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Linyi UniversityCollege of Science, Jinling Institute of TechnologyAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01019-wcrossed Andreev reflectionperiodic line defect superlatticeelastic cotunneling
spellingShingle Chongdan Ren
Minglei Sun
Hongyu Tian
Sake Wang
Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
Scientific Reports
crossed Andreev reflection
periodic line defect superlattice
elastic cotunneling
title Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
title_full Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
title_fullStr Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
title_full_unstemmed Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
title_short Valley crossed Andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
title_sort valley crossed andreev reflection in graphene periodic line defect superlattice junctions
topic crossed Andreev reflection
periodic line defect superlattice
elastic cotunneling
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01019-w
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