Direct coupling between magnetism and superconducting current in Josephson Phi junction

Details Direct coupling between magnetism and superconducting current in Josephson Phi junction Direct coupling between magnetism and superconducting current in Josephson Phi junction

2008-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/0808.0299v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.107005

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 non-sinusoidal current-phase relation. The ground state of this junction is caracterized by the finite phase difference Phi, 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 junction formation gives a direct coupling between the superconducting current and the magnetic moment in the weak link. Therefore the Phi junctions open interesting perspectives for the superconducting spintronics.

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