Andreev reflection for MnTe altermagnet candidate
arXiv:2408.01232 · doi:10.1016/j.physb.2024.416602
Abstract
We experimentally study electron transport across a single planar junction between the indium electrode and MnTe altermagnet candidate. We confirm standard Ohmic behavior with strictly linear current-voltage curves above the indium critical field or temperature, although with high, about 100~kOhm, junction resistance. At low temperatures and in zero magnetic field, we observe a well-developed Andreev curve with the pronounced coherence peaks, which cannot be normally expected for these high values of normal junction resistance. The conclusion on the Andreev reflection is also supported by suppression in magnetic field, as well as by universality of the observed behavior for all of the investigated samples. The experimental results can be explained by specifics of Andreev transport through the disordered region at the superconductor-altermagnet interface. Due to a different set of restrictions on the possibility of Andreev reflection, an altermagnet suffers from the presence of disorder less than a normal spin-degenerate metal, so the conductance enhancement is retained throughout the superconducting gap.
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