Proximity effect and multiple Andreev reflections in few-layer graphene

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Published 6 August 2007 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation A. Shailos et al 2007 EPL 79 57008 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/79/57008

0295-5075/79/5/57008

Abstract

We have investigated electronic transport of few-layer graphene (FLG) connected to superconducting electrodes. The device is prepared by mechanical exfoliation of graphite. A small mesa of FLG is connected to two tungsten electrodes, separated by 2.5 μm, grown by focused ion beam. Whereas the tungsten electrodes are superconducting below 4 K, the proximity effect in FLG develops below 1 K, and is characterized by a factor 2 differential resistance drop at low bias. We find multiple Andreev reflection peaks at voltages corresponding to submultiples of 2Δ/e (with Δ the superconducting gap of the electrodes), which persist up to fields of a few tesla.

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10.1209/0295-5075/79/57008