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Chinese Physics, 2007, Vol. 16(10): 3072-3079    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/10/042
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Proximity effects in normal mental/spin-splitting material/superconductor junctions

Yu Hua-Ling(郁华玲) and Dong Zheng-Chao(董正超)
Department of Physics, Huaiyin Teachers College, Huaian 223001, China
Abstract  We extend the Blonder, Tinkham and Klapwijk (BTK) theory to the study of the coexistence between ferromagnetism and s-wave superconductivity in ferromagnet/superconductor (F/S) structures. It is found that the ferromagnetism and s-wave superconductivity can coexist near the F/S interface, which is induced by proximity effects. On the F side, the density of states (DOS) exhibits some superconducting-like properties, and it displays a damped oscillation from `0' to `$\pi$' states with increasing either the thickness of F film or the exchange energy. We also study the influences of the spin-polarized exchange splitting in the F and the spin-degeneracy by Rashba spin--orbit coupling (RSOC) in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DGE) on the proximity effects. It is shown that the case of Rashba spin-degeneracy is very different from that of the spin-polarized exchange splitting.
Keywords:  proximity effects      `$\pi$' state      Rashba spin--orbit coupling  
Received:  03 March 2007      Revised:  16 April 2007      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  74.45.+c (Proximity effects; Andreev reflection; SN and SNS junctions)  
  74.20.Rp (Pairing symmetries (other than s-wave))  
  74.25.Jb (Electronic structure (photoemission, etc.))  
Fund: Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Education Bureau of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No 05KJB140008), and the Program for Excellent Talents in Huaiyin Teachers College, China.

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Yu Hua-Ling(郁华玲) and Dong Zheng-Chao(董正超) Proximity effects in normal mental/spin-splitting material/superconductor junctions 2007 Chinese Physics 16 3072

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