Wednesday, August 29, 2012

1208.5629 (A. G. Mal'shukov et al.)

Triplet supercurrent in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions by spin
injection
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A. G. Mal'shukov, Arne Brataas
We show that injecting nonequilibrium spins into the superconducting leads strongly enhances the stationary Josephson current through a superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor junction. The resulting long-range super-current through a ferromagnet is carried by triplet Cooper pairs that are formed in s-wave superconductors by the combined effects of spin injection and exchange interaction. We quantify the exchange interaction in terms of Landau Fermi-liquid factors. The magnitude and direction of the long-range Josephson current can be manipulated by varying the angles of the injected polarizations with respect to the magnetization in the ferromagnet.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5629

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