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Mesoscopic Josephson junctions with switchable current-phase relation

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-08-28 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We propose and analyze a mesoscopic Josephson junction consisting of two ferromagnetic insulator-superconductors (FI-Ss) coupled through a normal metal (N) layer. The Josephson current of the junction is non-trivially affected by the spin-splitting field induced by the FIs in the two superconductors. In particular, it shows sizeable enhancement by increasing the amplitude of the exchange field (hexh_{ex}) and displays a switchable current-phase relation which depends on the relative orientation of hexh_{ex} in the FIs. In a realistic EuS/Al-based setup this junction can be exploited as a high-resolution threshold sensor for the magnetic field as well as an on-demand tunable kinetic inductor.

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@article{arxiv.1412.0998,
  title  = {Mesoscopic Josephson junctions with switchable current-phase relation},
  author = {E. Strambini and F. S. Bergeret and F. Giazotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.0998},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4.5 pages, 5 color figures

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