P-wave Cooper pair splitting
arXiv:1206.3802 · doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.56
Abstract
Splitting of Cooper pairs has recently been realized experimentally for s-wave Cooper pairs. A split Cooper pair represents an entangled two-electron pair state which has possible application in on-chip quantum computation. Likewise the spin-activity of interfaces in nanoscale tunnel junctions has been investigated theoretically and experimentally in recent years. However, the possible implications of spin-active interfaces in Cooper pair splitters so far have not been investigated. We analyse the current and the cross correlation of currents in a superconductor ferromagnet beamsplitter including spin-active scattering. Using the Hamiltonian formalism we calculate the cumulant generating function of charge transfer. As a first step, we discuss characteristics of the conductance for crossed Andreev reflection in superconductor ferromagnet beamsplitters with s-wave and p-wave superconductors and no spin-active scattering. In a second step, we consider spin-active scattering and show how to realize p-wave splitting only using a s-wave superconductor via the process of spin-flipped crossed Andreev reflection. We present results for the conductance and cross correlations. Spin-activity of interfaces in Cooper pair splitters allows for new features in ordinary s-wave Cooper pair splitters, that can otherwise only be realised by using p-wave superconductors. In particular it provides access to Bell states different from the typical spin singlet state.
7 pages, 2 figures, accepted by Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, references corrected
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