Signatures of Long-Range Spin-Triplet Component in Andreev Interferometer
Abstract
We analyze the Josephson,, and dissipative,, currents in a magnetic Andreev interferometer in the presence of the long-range spin triplet component (LRSTC). Andreev interferometer has a cross-like geometry and consists of a SF - F - FS circuit and perpendicular to it a N - F - N circuit, where S, F are superconductors and weak ferromagnets with non-collinear magnetisations , F is a strong ferromagnet with a high exchange energy. The ferromagnetic wire F can be replaced with a non-magnetic wire n. In the limit of a weak proximity effect (PE), we obtain simple analytical expressions for the currents and . In particular, the critical Josephson current in a long Josephson junction (JJ) is , where the function is a function of angles that characterize the orientations of . The oscillating part of the dissipative current in the N - F(n)- N circuit depends on the angles in the same way as the critical Josephson current , but can be much greater than the . At some angles the current changes sign. We briefly discuss a relation between the negative current and paramagnetic response. We argue that the measurements of the conductance in N - F(n) - N circuit can be used as another complementary method to identify the LRSTC in S/F heterostructures.
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@article{arxiv.2007.02757,
title = {Signatures of Long-Range Spin-Triplet Component in Andreev Interferometer},
author = {Anatoly F. Volkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.02757},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
15 pages, 6 figures. Final version, some formulas are corrected