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Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Title: Superconducting Klein and anti-Klein tunneling in Weyl junctions

Abstract: Klein tunneling is an old topic in relativistic quantum physics, and has been observed recently in graphene where massless particles reside. Here, we propose a new heterostructure platform for Klein tunneling to occur, which consists of a Weyl-semimetal-based normal state/superconductor (NS) junction. By developing a Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk-like theory, we find that Klein tunneling occurs at normal incidence, which can lead to differential conductance doubling. If the (single) Weyl semimeltals are replaced by double Weyl semimetals, anti-Klein tunneling will take place of Klein tunneling. Our work provides a theoretical guide for the detection of (anti-)Klein tunneling in three-dimensional chiral NS junctions.
Comments: 5 pages, 7 figures
Subjects: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.16738 [cond-mat.mes-hall]
  (or arXiv:2404.16738v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)

Submission history

From: Luyang Wang [view email]
[v1] Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:47:53 GMT (544kb,D)

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