We demonstrate theoretically all-electric control of the superconducting transition temperature using a device comprised of a conventional superconductor, a ferromagnetic insulator, and semiconducting layers with intrinsic spin-orbit coupling. By using analytical calculations and numerical simulations, we show that the transition temperature of such a device can be controlled by electric gating which alters the ratio of Rashba to Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. The results offer a new pathway to control superconductivity in spintronic devices.
@article{arxiv.1601.07176,
title = {Electric control of superconducting transition through a spin-orbit coupled interface},
author = {Jabir Ali Ouassou and Angelo Di Bernardo and Jason W. A. Robinson and Jacob Linder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.07176},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
9 pages, 5 figures; added a new Methods section, and added references