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Superconducting systems that simultaneously lack space-inversion and time-reversal symmetries have recently been the subject of a flurry of experimental and theoretical research activities. Their ability to carry supercurrents with…
A microscopic model of a Josephson junction between two superconducting plates is proposed and analysed. For this model, the nonequilibrium steady state of the total system is explicitly constructed and its properties are analysed. In…
We present a theoretical study of a Josephson junction consisting of two s-wave superconducting leads coupled over a classical spin. When an external magnetic field is applied, the classical spin will precess with the Larmor frequency. This…
We investigate tunnel ferromagnetic Josephson junctions based on Superconductor-Insulator-thin superconductor-Ferromagnet-Superconductor multilayers. A comparative study of their electrodynamic properties is performed for junctions with…
We analyze the dynamics of a magnetic flux quantum (current vortex) trapped in a current-biased long planar elliptic annular Josephson tunnel junction. The system is modeled by a perturbed sine-Gordon equation that determines the spatial…
We demonstrate that Josephson devices with nontrivial phase difference $% 0<\varphi_g <\pi $ in the ground state can be realized in structures composed from longitudinally oriented normal metal (N) and ferromagnet (F) films in the weak link…
A nonmonotonic dependence of the critical Josephson supercurrent on the injection current through a normal metal/ferromagnet weak link from a single domain ferromagnetic strip has been observed experimentally in nanofabricated planar…
Usually, overdamped Josephson junctions do not exhibit chaotic behavior in their phase dynamics, either because the phase space dimension is less than three (as in the case of a single overdamped ac-driven junction) or due to the general…
We theoretically investigate how the spin susceptibility of a planar Josephson junction is affected when the system transits into the topological superconducting state. We show that the magnetic flux and magnetic field dependence of the…
We calculate the current phase relation of a planar Josephson junction with a ferromagnetic weak link located on top of a thin normal metal film. Following experimental observations we assume transparent superconductor-ferromagnet…
We propose that unconventional Josephson effects can typically emerge in {\it PT}-symmetric antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayer systems. When proximitized by a conventional superconductor, these heterostructures host dominant interlayer Cooper…
The magnetization evolution of the free layer in an orthogonal spin-torque device is studied based on a macrospin model. The trajectory of magnetization vector under various conditions has shown rich nonlinear properties. The phase diagram…
Discrete arrays of Josephson junction elements differ from their continuum counterparts in two essential ways: i) localized dynamic states in discrete arrays, which are not present in the corresponding continuum system, can interact with…
We demonstrate that in diffusive superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (S/F/S) junctions a finite, {\it anomalous}, Josephson current can flow even at zero phase difference between the S electrodes. The conditions for the observation of…
Coherent tunneling processes of multiple Cooper pairs across a Josephson junction give rise to higher harmonics in the current phase relation. In this work, we propose and study Josephson junctions based on…
We study experimentally and numerically the zero-voltage supercurrent vs. magnetic field of non-uniform arrays of Josephson junctions parallel-connected by a superconducting stripline. The measured curves are complex, unique and in…
We study the magnetic damping in the simplest of synthetic antiferromagnets, i.e. antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled spin valves in which applied magnetic fields tune the magnetic configuration to become noncollinear. We formulate the…
Combining the Josephson effect with magnetism, or spin dependence in general, creates novel physical phenomena. The spin-asymmetric Josephson effect is a predicted phenomenon where a spin-dependent potential applied across a Josephson…
We study Josephson-like junctions formed by materials with antiferromagnetic (AF) order parameters. As an antiferromagnet, we consider a two-band material in which a spin density wave (SDW) arises. This could be Fe-based pnictides in the…
Superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junctions with anomalous phase shift $\varphi_0$ ($\varphi_0$-S/F/S JJs) implement a coupling between the superconducting phase and the spin degrees of freedom. Here we investigate the…