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The magnetic correlations at the superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) interfaces play a crucial role in realizing dissipation-less spin-based logic and memory technologies, such as triplet-supercurrent spin-valves and "{\pi}" Josephson…

We consider spin polarized transport in a ferromagnet-insulator/semiconductor/insulator-ferromagnet (F1-I-S-I-F2) junction. We find that the spin current is strongly dependent on the spin configurations, the doping and space charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-22 Yue Yu , Jinbin Li , S. T. Chui

The interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism has long been pursued as a route to unconventional Josephson effects, yet suitable material platforms remain limited. Here we report Josephson junctions based on epitaxial…

A conventional superconductor sandwiched between two ferromagnets can maintain coherent equilibrium spin current. This spin supercurrent results from the rotation of odd-frequency spin correlations induced in the superconductor by the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-10 Risto Ojajärvi , F. S. Bergeret , M. A. Silaev , Tero T. Heikkilä

We study spin and charge currents pumped by precessing magnetization of a single ferromagnetic layer within F|I|N or F|I|F (F-ferromagnet; I-insulator; N-normal-metal) multilayers of nanoscale thickness attached to two normal metal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-16 Son-Hsien Chen , Ching-Ray Chang , John Q. Xiao , Branislav K. Nikolic

We study theoretically the Josephson effect and pairing correlations in planar SF1F2S junctions that consist of conventional superconductors (S) connected by two metallic monodomain ferromagnets (F1 and F2) with transparent interfaces. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-12-07 Luka Trifunovic , Zorica Popovic , Zoran Radovic

We demonstrate efficient spin-polarized tunneling between a ferromagnetic metal and a ferromagnetic semiconductor with highly mismatched conductivities. This is indicated by a large tunneling magnetoresistance (up to 30%) at low…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 S. H. Chun , S. J. Potashnik , K. C. Ku , P. Schiffer , N. Samarth

The discovery of materials that simultaneously host different phases of matter has often initially confounded, but ultimately enhanced, our basic understanding of the coexisting types of order. The associated intellectual challenges,…

Spin-polarized tunneling in FMS/M/FMS double tunnel junctions where FMSs are ferromagnetic semiconductor layers and M is a metal spacer is studied theoretically within the single-site coherent potential approximation (CPA). The exchange…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Alireza Saffarzadeh

We present a transfer matrix approach that combines the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) formalism and self-consistent solutions to the Bogolibuov-de Gennes (BdG) equations and use it to study the tunneling conductance and spin transport in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-22 Chien-Te Wu , Oriol T. Valls , Klaus Halterman

The split superconducting transition of up-spin and down-spin electrons on the background of ferromagnetism is studied within the framework of a recent model that describes the coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity induced by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Belitz , T. R. Kirkpatrick

We study the Josephson effect in a triplet superconductor--ferromagnet--singlet superconductor junction. We show that the interaction of tunneling Cooper pairs with the interface magnetization can permit a Josephson current at the lowest…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-08-22 P. M. R. Brydon , Wei Chen , Yasuhiro Asano , Dirk Manske

We investigate spin dependent transport in hybrid superconductor(S)--normal-metal(N)--ferromagnet(F) structures under conditions of proximity effect. We demonstrate the feasibility of the absolute spin-valve effect for a certain interval of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniel Huertas-Hernando , Yu. V. Nazarov , W. Belzig

We study the critical current of a S/F-I-N/S tunnel structure - a proximity coupled superconductor (S) with thin ferromagnetic (F) and nonmagnetic (N) metals separated by an insulating (I) barrier - in an external magnetic field. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Krivoruchko , E. A. Koshina

The past two decades have seen an explosion of work on Josephson junctions containing ferromagnetic materials. Such junctions are under consideration for applications in digital superconducting logic and memory. In the presence of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-05 Norman O. Birge , Nathan Satchell

Three-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$ (FGT) is regarded as a candidate for the magnetic topological nodal line semimetal. We investigate lateral electron transport between two 3~$\mu$m spaced superconducting In leads…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-16 O. O. Shvetsov , Yu. S. Barash , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

Transport phenomena in clean ferromagnet-superconductor-ferromagnet (FSF) trilayers are studied theoretically for a general case of arbitrary orientation of in-plane magnetizations and interface transparencies. Generalized expressions for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Milos Bozovic , Zoran Radovic

We study the transport properties of nanoscale superconducting (S) devices in which two superconducting electrodes are bridged by two parallel ferromagnetic (F) wires, forming an SFFS junction with a separation between the two wires less…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-05 Madalina Colci , Kuei Sun , Nayana Shah , Smitha Vishveshwara , Dale J. Van Harlingen

The conversion of spin information into electrical signals is indispensable for spintronic technologies. Spin-to-charge conversion in ferromagnetic tunnel contacts is well-described using linear (spin-)transport equations, provided that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-29 R. Jansen , A. Spiesser , H. Saito , Y. Fujita , S. Yamada , K. Hamaya , S. Yuasa

We study the Josephson effect and pairing correlations in SFFS junctions that consist of conventional superconductors (S) connected through two metallic monodomain ferromagnets (F) with transparent and spin inactive interfaces. We solve the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-14 Zorica Popović , Zoran Radović