Tuesday, May 1, 2012

1204.6581 (H. Soller et al.)

Kondo effect and spin-active scattering in ferromagnet-superconductor
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H. Soller, L. Hofstetter, S. Csonka, A. Levy Yeyati, C. Schönenberger, A. Komnik
We study the interplay of superconducting and ferromagnetic correlations on charge transport in different geometries with a focus on both a quantum point contact as well as a quantum dot in the even and the odd state with and without spin-active scattering at the interface. In order to obtain a complete picture of the charge transport we calculate the full counting statistics in all cases and compare the results with experimental data. We show that spin-active scattering is an essential ingredient in the description of quantum point contacts. This holds also for quantum dots in an even charge state whereas it is strongly suppressed in a typical Kondo situation. We explain this feature by the strong asymmetry of the hybridisations with the quantum dot and show how Kondo peak splitting in a magnetic field can be used for spin filtering. For the quantum dot in the even state spin-active scattering allows for an explanation of the experimentally observed mini-gap feature.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.6581

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