https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2014-40872-3
Regular Article
Nonlocal transport properties of topological insulator F/I/SC/I/F junction with perpendicular magnetization
School of Physics, Damghan University, P.O.Box 36715/364, Damghan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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e-mail: vali@du.ac.ir
Received: 25 September 2013
Received in final form: 5 December 2013
Published online: 27 January 2014
We investigate theoretically the nonlocal transport properties in a ferromagnet/insulator/superconductor/insulator/ferromagnet (F/I/SC/I/F) junction with perpendicular magnetization formed on a topological insulator. The nonlocal conductance through the junction depends strongly on whether the perpendicular magnetizations of the two ferromagnets are in a parallel or an antiparallel alignment. This stems from the fact that on the surface of three dimensional topological insulator the exchange field acts as vector potential and from spin-momentum locking property of the topological insulator surface states. It is found that the nonlocal conductance as a function of barrier strength of the I regions exhibits a quantum switch on-off property.
Key words: Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems
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