Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2001-07-03
Phys. Rev. B 65, 64530 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
20 pages, 21 figures, revtex3
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.064530
We study theoretically the dc Josephson effect between two volumes of superfluid 3He-B. We first discuss how the calculation of the current-phase relationships is divided into a mesoscopic and a macroscopic problem. We then analyze mass and spin currents and the symmetry of weak links. In quantitative calculations the weak link is assumed to be a pinhole, whose size is small in comparison to the coherence length. We derive a quasiclassical expression for the coupling energy of a pinhole, allowing also for scattering in the hole. Using a selfconsistent order parameter near a wall, we calculate the current-phase relationships in several cases. In the isotextural case, the current-phase relations are plotted assuming a constant spin-orbit texture. In the opposite anisotextural case the texture changes as a function of the phase difference. For that we have to consider the stiffness of the macroscopic texture, and we also calculate some surface interaction parameters. We analyze the experiments by Marchenkov et al. We find that the observed pi states and bistability hardly can be explained with the isotextural pinhole model, but a good quantitative agreement is achieved with the anisotextural model.
Thuneberg Erkki V.
Viljas Janne K.
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