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Long-range supercurrents induced by the interference effect of opposite-spin triplet state in clean superconductor-ferromagnet structures

Superconductivity 2016-01-25 v1

Abstract

By now it is known that in an s-wave superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor (SFSSFS) structure the supercurrent induced by spin singlet pairs can only transmit a short distance of the order of magnetic coherence length. The long-range supercurrent, taking place on the length scale of the normal metal coherence length, will be maintained by equal-spin triplet pairs, which can be generated by magnetic inhomogeneities in the system. In this paper, we show an unusual long-range supercurrent, which can take place in clean SF1F2SSF_1F_2S junction with non-parallel orientation of magnetic moments. The mechanism behind the enhancement of Josephson current is provided by the interference of the opposite-spin triplet states derived from S/F1S/F_1 and F2/SF_2/S interfaces when both ferromagnetic layers have the same values of the length and exchange field. This finds can provide a natural explanation for recent experiment [Robinson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207001 (2010)].

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@article{arxiv.1601.06045,
  title  = {Long-range supercurrents induced by the interference effect of opposite-spin triplet state in clean superconductor-ferromagnet structures},
  author = {Hao Meng and Jiansheng Wu and Xiuqiang Wu and Mengyuan Ren and Yajie Ren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06045},
  year   = {2016}
}