Proximity effect and p-wave superconductivity in s-wave superconductor/helimagnet heterostructures

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Main Authors: Bobkov, G. A., Kornev, A. V., Bobkov, A. M., Bobkova, I. V.
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Published: 2025
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author Bobkov, G. A.
Kornev, A. V.
Bobkov, A. M.
Bobkova, I. V.
author_facet Bobkov, G. A.
Kornev, A. V.
Bobkov, A. M.
Bobkova, I. V.
contents It is known that in contrast to homogeneous ferromagnetism helical magnetism is compatible with superconductivity and causes only weak suppressive effect on superconducting critical temperature. Despite this fact it induces p-wave triplet superconducting correlations in homogeneous superconducting systems with intrinsic helical magnetism. The combination of these two facts indicates a high potential for the application of such systems in disspationless spintronics. For this reason here we investigate the proximity effect in atomically thin superconductor/helical (conical) magnet heterostructures (SC/HM). It is shown that in SC/HM heterostructures the strength of the proximity effect and, in particular, amplitude of p-wave triplet superconductivity and the degree of superconductivity suppression are complex functions of the magnet exchange field and filling factors of the magnet and the superconductor. Further we demonstrate that $p$-wave correlations ensure transport spin supercurrent flow in the SC/HM heterostructure with conical magnets and unveil the physical relationship between the transport spin supercurrent, degree of the magnet conicity and internal structure of p-wave correlations in the momentum space.
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spellingShingle Proximity effect and p-wave superconductivity in s-wave superconductor/helimagnet heterostructures
Bobkov, G. A.
Kornev, A. V.
Bobkov, A. M.
Bobkova, I. V.
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
It is known that in contrast to homogeneous ferromagnetism helical magnetism is compatible with superconductivity and causes only weak suppressive effect on superconducting critical temperature. Despite this fact it induces p-wave triplet superconducting correlations in homogeneous superconducting systems with intrinsic helical magnetism. The combination of these two facts indicates a high potential for the application of such systems in disspationless spintronics. For this reason here we investigate the proximity effect in atomically thin superconductor/helical (conical) magnet heterostructures (SC/HM). It is shown that in SC/HM heterostructures the strength of the proximity effect and, in particular, amplitude of p-wave triplet superconductivity and the degree of superconductivity suppression are complex functions of the magnet exchange field and filling factors of the magnet and the superconductor. Further we demonstrate that $p$-wave correlations ensure transport spin supercurrent flow in the SC/HM heterostructure with conical magnets and unveil the physical relationship between the transport spin supercurrent, degree of the magnet conicity and internal structure of p-wave correlations in the momentum space.
title Proximity effect and p-wave superconductivity in s-wave superconductor/helimagnet heterostructures
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05479