Josephson effect in a multi-orbital model for Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$
Abstract
We study Josephson current between s-wave/spin-triplet superconductor junctions by taking into account details of band structures in SrRuO such as three conduction bands, spin-orbit interaction in the bulk and that at the interface. We assume five superconducting order parameters in SrRuO: a chiral p-wave symmetry and four helical p-wave symmetries. We calculate current-phase relationship in these junctions, where is the macroscopic phase difference between two superconductors. The results for a chiral p-wave pairing symmetry show that term appears in the current-phase relation due to time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking. On the other hand, term is absent in the helical pairing states which preserve the TRS. We also study the dependence of maximum Josephson current on an external magnetic flux in a corner junction. The calculated results of show a relation in a chiral state and in a helical state. We calculate in a corner and a symmetric SQUIDs geometry. In a symmetric SQUID geometry, the relation is satisfied for all the pairing states and it is impossible to distinguish chiral state from helical one. On the other hand, results for a corner SQUID always show and for a chiral and a helical states, respectively. Experimental tests of these relations in a corner junctions and SQUIDs may serve as a tool for unambiguous determination of the pairing symmetry in SrRuO.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.01918,
title = {Josephson effect in a multi-orbital model for Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$},
author = {Kohei Kawai and Keiji Yada and Yukio Tanaka and Yasuhiro Asano and A. A. Golubov and Satoshi Kashiwaya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01918},
year = {2017}
}