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$\theta_0$ thermal Josephson junction

Superconductivity 2017-08-22 v2

Abstract

We predict the thermal counterpart of the anomalous Josephson effect in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junctions with non-coplanar magnetic texture. The heat current through the junction is shown to have the phase-sensitive interference component proportional to cos(θθ0)\cos(\theta - \theta_0), where θ\theta is the Josephson phase difference and θ0\theta_0 is the texture-dependent phase shift. In the generic tri-layer magnetic structure with the spin-filtering tunnel barrier θ0\theta_0 is determined by the spin chirality of magnetic configuration and can be considered as the direct manifestation of the energy transport with participation of spin-triplet Cooper pairs. In case of the ideal spin filter the phase shift is shown to be robust against spin relaxation caused by the spin-orbital scattering. Possible applications of the coupling between heat flow and magnetic precession are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1705.02835,
  title  = {$\theta_0$ thermal Josephson junction},
  author = {M. A. Silaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.02835},
  year   = {2017}
}

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