Module 8 : Andreev Reflection at ferromagnet and Superconductor Interfaces

Lecture 19 : Basic theory of Andreev reflections



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The probability current density for the incident electron is given by

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and those for the four scattering processes are

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where, J1, J2, J3, and J4 correspond to AR, normal reflections, electron-like scattering and hole-like
scattering, respectively.

Therefore, the probabilities for the four scattering processes can be defined as Aσ(E), Bσ(E), Cσ(E), and Dσ(E),
respectively and the same can be deduced from eqn.(26), as follows;




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