Spin-polarized Shapiro steps and spin-precession-assisted multiple Andreev reflection
Superconductivity
2015-06-15 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
We investigate the charge and spin transport of a voltage-biased superconducting point contact coupled to a nanomagnet. The magnetization of the nanomagnet is assumed to precess with the Larmor frequency, , due to ferromagnetic resonance. The interplay between the ac Josephson current and the magnetization dynamics leads to spin-polarized Shapiro steps at voltages for and the subharmonic steps with are a consequence of multiple Andreev reflection (MAR). Moreover, the spin-precession-assisted MAR generates quasiparticle scattering amplitudes that, due to interference, lead to current-voltage characteristics of the dc charge and spin currents with subharmonic gap structures displaying an even-odd effect.
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@article{arxiv.1302.7107,
title = {Spin-polarized Shapiro steps and spin-precession-assisted multiple Andreev reflection},
author = {Cecilia Holmqvist and Mikael Fogelström and Wolfgang Belzig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.7107},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures