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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2001 Volume 74, Issue 6, Pages 357–361 (Mi jetpl4216)

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$\pi-0$ transition in superconductor-ferromagnetic-superconductor junctions

N. M. Chtchelkacheva, W. Belzigb, Y. V. Nazarovc, C. Bruderb

a L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
b Departement Physik und Astronomie, Universität Basel
c Department of Applied Physics and Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicrontechnology, Delft University of Technology

Abstract: Superconductor-ferromagnetic-superconductor (SFS) Josephson junctions are known to exhibit a transition between $\pi$ and $0$ states. In this note we find the $\pi-0$ phase diagram of an SFS junction depending on the transparency of an intermediate insulating layer (I). We show that in general, the Josephson critical current is nonzero at the $\pi-0$ transition temperature. Contributions to the current from the two spin channels nearly compensate each other and the first harmonic of the Josephson current as a function of phase difference is suppressed. However, higher harmonics give a nonzero contribution to the supercurrent.

PACS: 74.50.+r, 74.80.-g, 75.70.-i

Received: 10.08.2001

Language: English


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2001, 74:6, 323–327

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