Super-Andreev reflection and longitudinal shift of pseudospin-1 fermions
Xiaolong Feng, Ying Liu, Zhi‐Ming Yu, Zhongshui Ma, L. K. Ang, Yee Sin Ang, Shengyuan A. Yang
Abstract
Novel fermions with a pseudospin-1 structure can be realized as emergent quasiparticles in condensed matter systems. Here, we investigate its unusual properties during the Andreev reflection at a normal-metal/ superconductor (NS) interface. We show that distinct from the previously studied pseudospin-1/2 and two-dimensional electron gas models, the pseudospin-1 fermions exhibit a strongly enhanced Andreev reflection probability, and remarkably, can be further tuned to approach perfect Andreev reflection with unit efficiency for all incident angles, exhibiting a previously unknown super-Andreev reflection effect. The super-Andreev reflection leads to perfect transparency of the NS interface that strongly promotes charge injection into the superconductor and directly manifests as a differential conductance peak which can be readily probed in experiment. Additionally, we find that sizable longitudinal shifts exist in the normal and Andreev reflections of pseudospin-1 fermions. Distinct from the pseudospin-1/2 case, the shift is always in the forward direction in the subgap regime, regardless of whether the reflection is of retro- or specular type.