铁磁-d波超导结中的自旋极化隧道谱

考虑到铁磁层中准粒子输运的自旋极化效应以及 d波超导表面时间反演对称态的破缺效应 ,在 Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk散射理论框架下 ,研究铁磁 -d波超导隧道结中的隧道谱 ,所得结果能展示一些新奇特征 ,并能解释一些实验现象     

Tunneling Conductance and Magnetoresistance in Ferromagnet/Ferromagnet/d-Wave Superconductor Double Tunnel Junctions

The tunneling conductance and tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) are investigated in ferromagnet/insulator/ferromagnet/insulator/d-wave superconductor (FM/I/FM/I/d-wave SC) structures by applying an extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) approach. We study the effects of the exchange splitting in the FM, the magnetic impurity scattering in the thin insulator interface of FM/I/FM, and noncollinear magnetizations in adjacent magnetic layers on the TMR. It is shown (1) that the tunneling conductance and TMR exhibit amplitude-varying oscillating behavior with exchange splitting, (2) that with the presence of spin-flip scattering in insulator interface of FM/I/FM, the TMR can be dramatically enhanced, and (3) that the TMR depends strongly on the angle between the magnetization of two FMs.     

磁性d波超导/铁磁/磁性d波超导结中的约瑟夫森效应

通过求解磁性d波超导中的能隙和磁交换能的自洽方程, 研究磁性d波超导/铁磁/磁性d波超导结中的约瑟夫森电流. 计算结果表明: 1)临界电流随中间的铁磁层厚度呈现出两种不同周期的振荡混合, 通过增强铁磁层中的磁交换能q₀和铁磁/磁性d波超导界面处的势垒强度z₀, 短周期分量可从长周期中分离出来, 反之, 通过降低q₀和z₀, 长周期分量可从短周期中分离出来; 2)在两边磁性d波超导的磁化方向取平行时, 在取一些特定的铁磁层厚度下, 磁性d波超导中的磁交换能可增强系统的临界电流. 关键词： 磁性d波超导体 铁磁体 约瑟夫森电流     

Tunneling conductance on surface of topological insulator ferromagnet/insulator/(s- or d-wave) superconductor junction: Effect of magnetically-induced relativistic mass

We investigate the tunneling conductance on the surface of topological insulator ferromagnet (F)/insulator (I)/superconductor (S) junction where superconducting type is either s- or d-wave paring. Topological insulators (TI) are insulating in bulk but conducting on the surface with the Dirac-fermion-like carriers. In contrast to the Dirac fermions in graphene, relativistic mass of the Dirac fermions in TI can be easily caused by applying magnetic field perpendicular to its surface. In this work, we emphatically focus on the effect of the magnetically-induced relativistic mass on the tunneling conductance of a TI-based F/I/S junction. We find that, due to the effect of spinless fermions as carriers in TI, the behavior of the tunneling conductance in a TI-based NIS junction resembles that in a nonmagnetic graphene-based NIS junction. In case of the d-wave paring F/I/S junction, increasing magnetically-induced relativistic mass changes the zero bias conductance dip (peak) to a zero bias conductance peak (dip). This behavior cannot be observed in a graphene-based F/I/S junction.     

Spin-triplet pairing states in ferromagnet/ferromagnet/d-wave superconductor heterojunctions with noncollinear magnetizations

Tunneling conductance in clean ferromagnet/ ferromagnet/d-wave superconductor (F/F/d-wave S) double tunnel junctions is studied by use of four-component Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. The novel Andreev reflection appears due to noncollinear magnetizations, in which the incident electron and the Andreev-reflected hole come from the same spin subband, resulting in spin-triplet pairing states near the F/S interface. In the highly polarized Fs case, the conductance within the energy gap exhibits a conversion from a zero-bias dip in the parallel magnetizations to a spilt zero-bias peak in the perpendicular magnetizations.     

Effects of Rashba spin–orbit coupling interface on the orientation-dependent conductance in ferromagnet/spin-triplet superconductor junction

We study theoretically the tunneling charge conductance in ferromagnet/spin-triplet superconductor junction with the spin–orbit coupling interface. It is shown the symmetry of the conductance about the relative angle between the magnetization in ferromagnet and the d-vector in superconductor is broken due to the presence of the interfacial Rashba spin–orbit coupling. We present the conductance for various cases of the angle. For each angle, the spin-active mechanism provided by the interface is investigated. The interface effects for different spin polarization in the ferromagnet is also considered.     

Properties of pseudospin polarization on a graphene-based spin singlet superconducting junction

We investigate theoretically transport characteristics in a graphene-based pseudospinmagnet/superconductor junction, including the s-wave and the d-wave pairing symmetry potential in the superconducting region. It is found that the pseudospin polarization, in sharp contrast to spin polarization in the graphene-based ferromagnet/superconductor junction, holds no influence on the specular Andreev reflection for a negligible Fermi energy. Furthermore, the Fano factor is cru-ially affected by the zero bias state. Therefore, we suggest here that the findings could shed light on the realization of graphene-based pseudospintronics devices and provide a new way to detect the specular Andreev reflection and the zero bias state in the actual experiments.     

Conductance of d-wave superconductor/normal metal/d-wave superconductor junctions

We develop a theory of the conductance of superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junctions in the case where the superconducting order parameter has d-wave symmetry. At low temperature the conductance is proportional to the square root of the inelastic electron relaxation time in the bulk of the superconductor. As a result it turns out to be much larger than the conductance of the normal part of the junction.     

Charge transport through ferromagnet/two-dimensional electron gas/d-wave superconductor junctions with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

Along the lines of Blonder, Tinkham and Klapwijk, we investigate the charge transport through ferromagnet/two-dimensional electronic gas/d-wave superconductor (F/2DEG/S) junctions in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling and focus our attention on the interplay between spin polarization and spin precession. At zero spin polarization, the spin-mixing scattering resulted from Rashba SO coupling decreases the zero-bias conductance peak. Under spin polarization, spin precession introduces novel Andreev reflection, which competes with the effect of spin-mixing scattering. If the F layer is a half metal, the later effect is overwhelmed by that of novel Andreev reflection. As a result, the zero-bias conductance dip caused by spin polarization is enhanced, and at strong Rashba SO coupling, a split zero-bias peak is found in the gap. In an intermediate region where the two effects are comparable with each other, the zero-bias conductance shows a reentrant behavior as a function of Rashba SO coupling.     

正常金属-铁磁绝缘层-dx2-y2+idxy混合波超导结中的磁散射对隧道谱的影响

在正常金属铁磁绝缘层dx2-y2 idxy混合波超导隧道结中,考虑到铁磁绝缘层的磁散射和界面的粗糙散射效应,运用BogoliubovdeGennes(BdG)方程和BlonderTinkhamKlapwijk(BTK)理论,计算了隧道结中的准粒子传输系数和微分电导.研究表明:(1)磁散射和界面粗糙散射均可以压低电导峰,其中磁散射能使电导峰滑移,而粗糙界面散射却能阻止这种滑移,且两散射的共同作用可抑制由混合波两序参数的幅值比不同所导致的电导峰滑移;(2)随铁磁层离超导表面距离的增加,隧道谱在零偏压处由凹陷变成了零偏压电导峰,继而又演化为凹陷中的中心峰;(3)当铁磁层离开超导表面有若干相干长度时,隧道谱中将呈现一些子能级谐振峰.     

s/FI/d超导结的直流Josephson电流

在 s波超导体 /铁磁绝缘层 / d波超导体 Josephson结 (s/ FI/ d)中 ,考虑结界面铁磁绝缘层的磁散射和粗糙散射情况下 ,运用 Bd G方程和 FT的电流公式计算准粒子的输运系数及 s/ FI/ d结的直流 Josephson电流与温度 T、结两侧的相位差之间的关系。研究表明 :结界面的磁散射和粗造散射均抑制结中准粒子的 Andreev反射 ,降低了流过 s/ FI/ d结的直流 Josephson电流 ,直流Josephson电流 I随温度 T、相位差φ的变化曲线强烈地依赖于 d波超导体的晶轴方位     

dc Josephson Effect in s-Wave Superconductor/Ferromagnet Insulator/p-Wave Superconductor Junctions

The Josephson currents in s-wave superconductor/ferromagnet insulator/p-wave superconductor（s/FI/p） junctions are calculated as a function of temperature and the phase taking into account the roughness scattering effect at interface. The phase dependence of the Josephson current I （φ） between s-wave and px-wave superconductor is predicted to be sin（2φ）. The ferromagnet scattering effect, the barrier strength, and the roughness strength at interface suppress the dc currents in s/FI/p junction.     

N/I/d波超导体c轴隧道结的微分电导

以方势垒描述绝缘层,对N/I/d波超导体c轴隧道结的微分电导进行了研究.结果表明:在N/I/d波超导体c轴隧道结的隧道谱中存在V型结构、能隙外的凹陷和小的零偏压电导峰.这一结果能很好的解释相关的实验现象.     

磁性半导体/磁性d波超导结中的自旋极化输运

通过求解磁性d波超导中的能隙与磁交换能的自恰方程,利用推广的Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk 理论研究磁性半导体/磁性d波超导结中自旋极化准粒子输运系数与微分电导. 计算表明： 1) 磁性d波超导结中的磁交换能h₀可导致零偏压电导峰与能隙电导峰劈裂,劈裂的宽度为2h₀;2) 磁性半导体中的磁交换能h_FS可使零偏压电导峰劈裂的峰值变低. 而由能隙电导峰劈裂的两个子峰,当两种磁性材料的磁 关键词： 磁性半导体 磁性d波超导体 自旋极化输运     

正常金属-铁磁绝缘层-d波超导结中的磁散射对量子输运的影响

在正常金属-铁磁绝缘层-d波超导隧道结中,考虑到铁磁绝缘层的粗糙界面散射和磁散射效应,运用Bogoliubov-de Gennes(BdG)方程和Blonder-Tinkham-klapwijk(BTk)理论模型,计算隧道结中的准粒子传输系数和微分电导.计算表明：1)粗糙界面散射和磁散射都能压低零偏压电导峰,其中磁散射能使零偏压峰滑移,而粗糙界面却能阻止零偏压峰的滑移,且随着两种散射强度的逐渐增大,又能使零偏压电导峰渐渐变为凹陷;(2)当铁磁层离开超导表面有若干相干长度时,隧道谱中将呈现一些子能隙谐振峰. 关键词：     

Triplet pairing states with equal spins in ferromagnet/superconductor heterojunctions for noncollinear magnetizations

Four-component Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations are applied to study tunneling conductance spectra of ferromagnet/ferromagnet/d-wave superconductor (F₁/F₂/d-wave S) tunnel junctions and to find out signs of spin-triplet pairing correlations induced in the proximity structure. The pairing correlations with equal spins arises from the novel Andreev reflection (AR), which requires at least three factors: the usual AR at the F₂/S interface, spin flip in the F₂ layer, and superconducting coherence kept up in the F₂ layer. Effects of angle α between magnetizations of the two F layers, polarizations of the F₁ and F₂ layers, the thickness of the F₂ layer, and the orientation of the d-wave S crystal on the tunneling conductance are investigated. A conversion from a zero-bias conductance dip at α = 0 to a zero-bias conductance peak at a certain value of α can be seen as a sign of generated spin-triplet correlations.     

Incomplete Andreev reflection in a clean SFS junction

We study the stationary Josephson effect in a ballistic superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction for arbitrarily large spin polarizations. Due to the exchange interaction in the ferromagnet, the Andreev reflection is incomplete. We describe how this effect modifies the Josephson current in the crossover from a superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junction to a superconductor/half metal/superconductor junction.     

Nonlocal transport properties of topological insulator F/I/SC/I/F junction with perpendicular magnetization

We investigate theoretically the nonlocal transport properties in a ferromagnet/insulator/superconductor/insulator/ferromagnet (F/I/SC/I/F) junction with perpendicular magnetization formed on a topological insulator. The nonlocal conductance through the junction depends strongly on whether the perpendicular magnetizations of the two ferromagnets are in a parallel or an antiparallel alignment. This stems from the fact that on the surface of three dimensional topological insulator the exchange field acts as vector potential and from spin-momentum locking property of the topological insulator surface states. It is found that the nonlocal conductance as a function of barrier strength of the I regions exhibits a quantum switch on-off property.     

Zeeman effects on d-wave superconductor and tunneling spectrum in normal-metal/d-wave superconductor tunnel junction

We study the Zeeman effect on the d-wave superconductor and tunneling spectrum in normal-metal(N)/d-wave superconductor(S) junction by applying a Zeeman magnetic field to the S. It is shown that: (1) the Zeeman magnetic field can lead to the S gap decreasing, and with the increase in Zeeman energy, the superconducting state is changed to the normal state, exhibiting a first-order phase transition; (2) the Zeeman energy difference between the two splitting peaks in the conductance spectrum is equal to2h0 (h0 is the Zeeman energy); (3) both the barrier strength of interface scattering and the temperature can lower the magnitudes of splitting peaks, of which the barrier strength can lead to the splitting peaks becoming sharp and the temperature can smear out the peaks,however, neither of them can influence the Zeeman effect.     

Ferromagnetic features of zero-bias conductance peaks in a ferromagnet/insulator/superconductor junction

We present a general formula for tunneling conductance in ballistic ferromagnet/ferromagnetic insulator/superconductor junctions where the superconducting state has the opposite spin pairing symmetry. The formula shows, correctly, that ferromagnetism has been induced by the effective mass difference between up- and down-spin electrons. This effectively mass mismatched ferromagnet and a standard Stoner ferromagnet have been employed in this paper. As an application of the formulation, we have studied the tunneling effect for junctions including a spin-triplet p-wave superconductor, where we choose a normal insulator for the insulating region, although our formula can be used for a ferromagnetic insulator. Then, we have been able to devote our attention to features of a ferromagnetic metal. The conductance spectra show a clear difference between the two ferromagnets depending upon the method of normalization of the conductance. In particular, an essential difference is seen in the zero-bias conductance peaks, reflecting the characteristics of each ferromagnet. From the obtained results, we suggest that the measurements of the tunneling conductance in the junction provide us with useful information about the mechanism of itinerant ferromagnetism in metals.