Josephson pi-state in a ferromagnetic insulator

Details Josephson pi-state in a ferromagnetic insulator Josephson pi-state in a ferromagnetic insulator

2010-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/1003.3083v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010) 117002

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 3 figures, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2010) in press

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.117002

We predict anomalous atomic-scale 0-pi transitions in a Josephson junction with a ferromagnetic-insulator (FI) barrier. The ground state of such junction alternates between 0- and pi-states when thickness of FI is increasing by a single atomic layer. We find that the mechanism of the 0-pi transition can be attributed to thickness-dependent phase-shifts between the wave numbers of electrons and holes in FI. Based on these results, we show that stable pi-state can be realized in junctions based on high-Tc superconductors with La$_2$BaCuO$_5$ barrier.

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