Visualizing supercurrents in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions with various arrangements of 0 and πsegments

Details Visualizing supercurrents in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions with various arrangements of 0 and πsegments Visualizing supercurrents in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions with various arrangements of 0 and πsegments

2009-11-25

arxiv.org/abs/0911.4831v1

Phys. Rev. B 81, 094502 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

29 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.094502

Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic barrier can have positive or negative critical current depending on the thickness $d_F$ of the ferromagnetic layer. Accordingly, the Josephson phase in the ground state is equal to 0 (a conventional or 0 junction) or to $\pi$ ($\pi$ junction). When 0 and $\pi$ segments are joined to form a "0-$\pi$ junction", spontaneous supercurrents around the 0-$\pi$ boundary can appear. Here we report on the visualization of supercurrents in superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor (SIFS) junctions by low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (LTSEM). We discuss data for rectangular 0, $\pi$, 0-$\pi$, 0-$\pi$-0 and 20 \times 0-$\pi$ junctions, disk-shaped junctions where the 0-$\pi$ boundary forms a ring, and an annular junction with two 0-$\pi$ boundaries. Within each 0 or $\pi$ segment the critical current density is fairly homogeneous, as indicated both by measurements of the magnetic field dependence of the critical current and by LTSEM. The $\pi$ parts have critical current densities $j_c^\pi$ up to $35\units{A/cm^2}$ at $T = 4.2\units{K}$, which is a record value for SIFS junctions with a NiCu F-layer so far. We also demonstrate that SIFS technology is capable to produce Josephson devices with a unique topology of the 0-$\pi$ boundary.

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