Reduced decay in Josephson coupling across ferromagnetic junctions with spin-orbit coupling layers

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Autores principales: Kindiak, Ivan, Mishra, Swapna Sindhu, Migliorini, Andrea, Pal, Banabir, Parkin, Stuart S. P.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Kindiak, Ivan
Mishra, Swapna Sindhu
Migliorini, Andrea
Pal, Banabir
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
author_facet Kindiak, Ivan
Mishra, Swapna Sindhu
Migliorini, Andrea
Pal, Banabir
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
contents The generation of $S_z=1$ triplet Cooper pairs has been predicted theoretically in superconducting-ferromagnetic hybrid heterostructures in the presence of spin-orbit coupling [F. S. Bergeret and I. V. Tokatly, Phys. Rev. B 89, 134517 (2014) and Jacobsen et al., Sci. Rep. 6, 23926 (2016)]. In this study, we experimentally investigate vertical Josephson junctions where the weak link is formed from a ferromagnetic layer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy sandwiched by two non-magnetic layers with weak or strong spin-orbit coupling. We find that the decay of the Josephson coupling is reduced in the latter case, possibly indicating the presence of $S_z=1$ spin-triplet correlations. We speculate that the canted magnetization required for these correlations is provided by the interaction of magnetization with Meissner effect in the superconducting layers.
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spellingShingle Reduced decay in Josephson coupling across ferromagnetic junctions with spin-orbit coupling layers
Kindiak, Ivan
Mishra, Swapna Sindhu
Migliorini, Andrea
Pal, Banabir
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The generation of $S_z=1$ triplet Cooper pairs has been predicted theoretically in superconducting-ferromagnetic hybrid heterostructures in the presence of spin-orbit coupling [F. S. Bergeret and I. V. Tokatly, Phys. Rev. B 89, 134517 (2014) and Jacobsen et al., Sci. Rep. 6, 23926 (2016)]. In this study, we experimentally investigate vertical Josephson junctions where the weak link is formed from a ferromagnetic layer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy sandwiched by two non-magnetic layers with weak or strong spin-orbit coupling. We find that the decay of the Josephson coupling is reduced in the latter case, possibly indicating the presence of $S_z=1$ spin-triplet correlations. We speculate that the canted magnetization required for these correlations is provided by the interaction of magnetization with Meissner effect in the superconducting layers.
title Reduced decay in Josephson coupling across ferromagnetic junctions with spin-orbit coupling layers
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19799