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Engineering Crossed Andreev Reflection in Double Bilayer Graphene.

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Crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) is a nonlocal process that converts an incoming electron (hole) from one normal electrode to an out-going hole (electron) in another normal electrode through a superconductor… Click to show full abstract

Crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) is a nonlocal process that converts an incoming electron (hole) from one normal electrode to an out-going hole (electron) in another normal electrode through a superconductor (SC). CAR corresponds to the inverse process of Cooper pair splitting, which generates a quantum-entangled electron pair with spatial separation. Here, we fabricated vertically stacked double bilayer graphene (BLG) connected via a superconducting electrode and achieved the spacing between the BLG sheets of ~14 nm, which is far shorter than the superconducting coherence length. We confirm the highly efficient CAR effect by observing strong negative differential resistance in a nonlocal configuration and demonstrate that the competing processes against the CAR can be effectively suppressed by separately tuning the chemical potential of each BLG. The dependence of nonlocal signals on bias voltage, temperature, and chemical potential is consistent with the predicted CAR process. Our results provide a new pathway to a novel SC-based quantum entangler with the in-situ tunability of the correlated-pair-splitting efficiency.

Keywords: bilayer graphene; double bilayer; crossed andreev; andreev reflection; car

Journal Title: Nano letters
Year Published: 2019

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