Spin Cross-Correlation Experiments I (IMAGE)

University of Basel

Spin Cross-Correlation Experiments I

Caption

Electrons leave a (conventional) superconductor (S) only as pairs and only with opposite spins (arrow up or down, red or blue). If both electron paths are blocked for the same type of spin by parallel spin filters (here for spin down (blue)), a single electron with spin up (red) could in principle exit, but paired electrons from the superconductor are blocked, which ideally suppresses both electrical currents.

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Department of Physics, University of Basel, Scixel

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