Published October 26, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

A diagrammatic approach for a clean multiferromagnetic Josephson junction

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Crete, PO Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion (Greece)

Description

We consider a superconductor/multiferromagnet/superconductor (S/I/F1/. . ./Fn/I/S) ballistic junction with thin insulating layers in the interfaces. We develop a diagrammatic approach for the equation that determines the Andreev spectrum, by examining the closed loops in the intermediate ferromagnetic layers. It is expressed in terms of the S/F and F/F interface scattering amplitudes. A set of rules is determined. Several analytical formulas are obtained, and in particular we study the triple ferromagnetic layer case. We also obtain the maximum current from the scattering matrix, and show that it is consistent with the diagrammatic approach. A specific application is the asymmetric S/F/I/S junction. The diagrammatic approach is also checked with the matrix of scattering amplitudes method

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/40/43/002;
PII
S1751-8113(07)53477-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
43
Journal Page Range
p. 12829-12862
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39012594
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; EQUATIONS; INTERFACES; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; LAYERS; SCATTERING; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SPECTRA; SUPERCONDUCTORS
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS