Josephson current in superconductor-ferromagnet structures with a nonhomogeneous magnetization

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2001-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0106510v1

Phys. Rev. B 64, 134506 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

13 pages, 11 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134506

We calculate the dc Josephson current $I_J$ for two types of superconductor-ferromagnet (S/F) Josephson junctions. The junction of the first type is a S/F/S junction. On the basis of the Eilenberger equation, the Josephson current is calculated for an arbitrary impurity concentration. If $% h\tau\ll1$ the expression for the Josephson critical current $I_c$ is reduced to that which can be obtained from the Usadel equation ($h$ is the exchange energy, $\tau$ is the momentum relaxation time). In the opposite limit $h\tau\gg1$ the superconducting condensate oscillates with period $% v_F/h$ and penetrates into the F region over distances of the order of the mean free path $l$. For this kind of junctions we also calculate $I_J$ in the case when the F layer presents a nonhomogeneous (spiral) magnetic structure with the period $2\pi /Q$. It is shown that for not too low temperatures, the $\pi$-state which occurs in the case of a homogeneous magnetization (Q=0) may disappear even at small values of $Q$. In this nonhomogeneous case, the superconducting condensate has a nonzero triplet component and can penetrate into the F layer over a long distance of the order of $\xi_{T}=% \sqrt{D/2\pi T}$. The junction of the second type consists of two S/F bilayers separated by a thin insulating film. It is shown that the critical Josephson current $I_{c}$ depends on the relative orientation of the effective exchange field $h$ of the bilayers. In the case of an antiparallel orientation, $I_{c}$ increases with increasing $h$. We establish also that in the F film deposited on a superconductor, the Meissner current created by the internal magnetic field may be both diamagnetic or paramagnetic.

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