Anomalous proximity effect and theoretical design for its realization

作者:Ikegaya Satoshi*; Asano Yasuhiro; Tanaka Yukio
来源:Physical Review B, 2015, 91(17): 174511.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174511

摘要

We discuss the stability of zero-energy states appearing in a dirty normal metal attached to a superconducting thin film with Dresselhaus [110] spin-orbit coupling under an in-plane Zeeman field. The Dresselhaus superconductor preserves an additional chiral symmetry and traps more than one zero-energy state at its edges. All the zero-energy states at an edge belong to the same chirality in large Zeeman fields due to the effective p-wave pairing symmetry. The pure chiral nature of the wave function enables the zero-energy states to penetrate the dirty normal metal while retaining their high degree of degeneracy. We prove the perfect Andreev reflection into the dirty normal metal at zero energy.

  • 出版日期2015-5-15