Andreev Reflection in a Superconducting Light-Emitting Diode

Dmitry Panna; Shlomi Bouscher; Krishna Balasubramanian; Vicky Perepelook; Shimon Cohen; Dan Ritter; Alex Hayat

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02511

Andreev Reflection in a Superconducting Light-Emitting Diode

Dmitry Panna, Shlomi Bouscher, Krishna Balasubramanian, Vicky Perepelook, Shimon Cohen, Dan Ritter, Alex Hayat

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate Cooper-pair injection into a superconducting light-emitting diode by observing Andreev reflection at the superconductor-semiconductor interface, overcoming the contradicting requirements of an electrically transparent interface and radiative recombination efficiency. The device exhibits electroluminescence enhancement at the quasi-Fermi energy at temperatures below T_c. The theoretically predicted conductance and electroluminescence spectra based on Cooper-pair injection into the semiconductor correspond well to our experimental results. Our findings pave the way for practical superconductor-semiconductor quantum light sources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6764-6769
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02511
State	Published - 14 Nov 2018

Keywords

Andreev reflection
LED
Superconductors
semiconductors

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General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Bioengineering
General Materials Science

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