Chin. Phys. B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (12): 127401-127401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/12/127401

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Switching effects in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor graphene junctions

李晓薇a b, 刘丹a c, 鲍艳辉a c   

  1. a School of Physics and Electronic Electrical Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shanghai 200050, China;
    c School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-05-01 修回日期:2013-08-16 出版日期:2013-10-25 发布日期:2013-10-25
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11074088).

Switching effects in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor graphene junctions

Li Xiao-Wei (李晓薇)a b, Liu Dan (刘丹)a c, Bao Yan-Hui (鲍艳辉)a c   

  1. a School of Physics and Electronic Electrical Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shanghai 200050, China;
    c School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
  • Received:2013-05-01 Revised:2013-08-16 Online:2013-10-25 Published:2013-10-25
  • Contact: Li Xiao-Wei E-mail:lxw@hytc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11074088).

摘要: The Josephson effect in the superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (SFS) graphene Josephson junction is studied using the Dirac Bogoliubov-de Gennes (DBdG) formalism. It is shown that the SFS graphene junction drives 0–π transition with the increasing of p=h0L/vFħ, which captures the effects of both the exchange field and the length of the junction; the spin-down current is dominant. The 0 state is stable for p < pc (critical value pc ≈ 0.80) and the π state is stable for p > pc, where the free energy minima are at φg=0 and φg=π, respectively. The coexistence of the 0 and π states appears in the vicinity of pc.

关键词: superconductor junction, grapheme, switching effect

Abstract: The Josephson effect in the superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (SFS) graphene Josephson junction is studied using the Dirac Bogoliubov-de Gennes (DBdG) formalism. It is shown that the SFS graphene junction drives 0–π transition with the increasing of p=h0L/vFħ, which captures the effects of both the exchange field and the length of the junction; the spin-down current is dominant. The 0 state is stable for p < pc (critical value pc ≈ 0.80) and the π state is stable for p > pc, where the free energy minima are at φg=0 and φg=π, respectively. The coexistence of the 0 and π states appears in the vicinity of pc.

Key words: superconductor junction, grapheme, switching effect

中图分类号:  (Tunneling phenomena; Josephson effects)

  • 74.50.+r
74.70.Wz (Carbon-based superconductors) 74.81.Fa (Josephson junction arrays and wire networks)