Magnetotransport in graphene nanoribbons sandwiched by superconductors at side edges

Abstract

Abstract Magnetotransport properties of the graphene nanoribbons (GNR) that are in contact with superconductors at side edges are investigated numerically with respect to oscillations caused by the cyclotron motion. In terms of the modelling, the superconductors are incorporated as superconducting GNRs to make the Andreev reflection at the graphene-superconductor interface almost perfect. The classical commensurability oscillation appears at low magnetic fields where the cyclotron radius is larger than the width of the nanoribbons. A transition to the circumstance dominated by the quantum interference between Andreev- and normal-reflected components takes place when the Andreev reflection probability is reduced by introducing a barrier at the interface. The near perfection of the Andreev reflection enlarges the period of the oscillation associated with skipping orbits a few orders of magnitude in the quantum limit. Chaotic fluctuations emerge furthermore in the regime of Hofstadter’s butterfly. The periodicity of a transmission modulation at the onset of the chaos is revealed to change continuously over eight orders of magnitude of the magnetic-field variation. The commensurability and edge-state oscillations are examined additionally for the situations with specular Andreev reflection.