Amplitude control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in Josephson junctions
Abstract
Josephson junctions made with conventional s-wave superconductors and containing multiple layers of ferromagnetic materials can carry spin-triplet supercurrent in the presence of certain types of magnetic inhomogeneity. In junctions containing three ferromagnetic layers, the triplet supercurrent is predicted to be maximal when the magnetizations of the adjacent layers are orthogonal, and zero when the magnetizations of any two adjacent layers are parallel. Here we demonstrate on-off control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in such junctions, achieved by rotating the magnetization direction of one of the three layers by 90°. We obtain “on-off” ratios of 5, 7, and 19 for the supercurrent in the three samples that have been studied so far. As a result, these observations directly confirm one of the most salient predictions of the theory, and they pave the way for applications of spin-triplet Josephson junctions in the nascent area of “superconducting spintronics”.
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- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1325539
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1238198; OSTI ID: 1325540
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER46341
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Martinez, William M., Pratt, Jr., W. P., and Birge, Norman O. Amplitude control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in S/F/S Josephson junctions. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.077001.
Martinez, William M., Pratt, Jr., W. P., & Birge, Norman O. Amplitude control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in S/F/S Josephson junctions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.077001
Martinez, William M., Pratt, Jr., W. P., and Birge, Norman O. Wed .
"Amplitude control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in S/F/S Josephson junctions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.077001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325539.
@article{osti_1325539,
title = {Amplitude control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in S/F/S Josephson junctions},
author = {Martinez, William M. and Pratt, Jr., W. P. and Birge, Norman O.},
abstractNote = {Josephson junctions made with conventional s-wave superconductors and containing multiple layers of ferromagnetic materials can carry spin-triplet supercurrent in the presence of certain types of magnetic inhomogeneity. In junctions containing three ferromagnetic layers, the triplet supercurrent is predicted to be maximal when the magnetizations of the adjacent layers are orthogonal, and zero when the magnetizations of any two adjacent layers are parallel. Here we demonstrate on-off control of the spin-triplet supercurrent in such junctions, achieved by rotating the magnetization direction of one of the three layers by 90°. We obtain “on-off” ratios of 5, 7, and 19 for the supercurrent in the three samples that have been studied so far. As a result, these observations directly confirm one of the most salient predictions of the theory, and they pave the way for applications of spin-triplet Josephson junctions in the nascent area of “superconducting spintronics”.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.077001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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