Andreev reflection at high magnetic fields: Evidence for electron and hole transport in edge states

J. Eroms, D. Weiss, J. De Boeck, G. Borghs, U. Zülicke

Published 2004-04-14, updated 2005-07-20Version 2

We have studied magnetotransport in arrays of niobium filled grooves in an InAs/AlGaSb heterostructure. The critical field of up to 2.6 T permits to enter the quantum Hall regime. In the superconducting state, we observe strong magnetoresistance oscillations, whose amplitude exceeds the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations by a factor of about two, when normalized to the background. Additionally, we find that above a geometry-dependent magnetic field value the sample in the superconducting state has a higher longitudinal resistance than in the normal state. Both observations can be explained with edge channels populated with electrons and Andreev reflected holes.