Long range triplet Josephson current and 0−π transitions in tunable domain walls

Autor: Thomas E Baker, Adam Richie-Halford, Andreas Bill
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 16, Iss 9, p 093048 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093048
Popis: The order parameter of superconducting pairs penetrating an inhomogeneous magnetic material can acquire a long range triplet component (LRTC) with non-zero spin projection. This state has been predicted and generated in proximity systems and Josephson junctions. We show, using a realistic domain wall of an exchange spring bilayer, how the LRTC emerges and can be tuned with the twisting of the magnetization. We also introduce a new kind of Josephson current reversal, the singlet-LRTC 0– π transition, that can be observed in one and the same system either by tuning the domain wall or by varying temperature.
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