Direct coupling between magnetism and superconducting current in the Josephson phi0 junction |
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Authors: | Buzdin A |
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Affiliation: | Institut Universitaire de France and Université Bordeaux I, CNRS, CPMOH, F-33405 Talence, France. |
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Abstract: | We study the proximity effect between conventional superconductor and magnetic normal metal with a spin-orbit interaction of the Rashba type. Using the phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau theory and the quasiclassical Eilenberger approach it is demonstrated that the Josephson junction with such a metal as a weak link has a special nonsinusoidal current-phase relation. The ground state of this junction is characterized by the finite phase difference phi{0}, which is proportional to the strength of the spin-orbit interaction and the exchange field in the normal metal. The proposed mechanism of the phi{0} junction formation gives a direct coupling between the superconducting current and the magnetic moment in the weak link. Therefore the phi{0} junctions open interesting perspectives for the superconducting spintronics. |
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