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Oscillations of Andreev states in clean ferromagnetic films

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We investigate the influence of the exchange field on the Andreev bound states in a ferromagnetic (F) film backed on one side by a superconductor (S). Our model accounts for diffusive reflection at the outer surface and possible backscattering at the FS-interface. Phase shifting of the Andreev level by the exchange field results in an oscillatory behaviour of the density of states of F as a function of the layer thickness. We show that our results agree quantitatively with recent experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0010089,
  title  = {Oscillations of Andreev states in clean ferromagnetic films},
  author = {M. Zareyan and W. Belzig and Yu. V. Nazarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0010089},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, RevTeX, 4 figures (eps)