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界面对穿过铁磁材料超电流的影响

Effect of interfaces on supercurrent through ferromagnetic materials

Swapna Sindhu Mishra, Reza Loloee, Norman O. Birge

AI总结:

本文针对铁磁约瑟夫森结中 NiFe 超电流传输差的问题,用 Pd/NiFe 界面替代 Cu/NiFe 界面,使 π 态超电流提升至 2 倍并改变首个 0-π 转变位置。

摘要:

铁磁约瑟夫森结展现出迷人的物理特性,并在超导逻辑和存储器中具有应用潜力。一个已演示的超导存储器原型中的结包含磁自旋阀结构,其中 Ni 作为固定层,NiFe(坡莫合金)作为自由层。然而,NiFe 的超电流传输性能较差,这限制了约瑟夫森结的效率。我们此前已经表明,通过在 Cu 与 NiFe 之间添加薄层 Ni,可以改善穿过 Cu/NiFe/Cu 三层结构的超电流传输——这可能归因于 Cu/Ni 界面有利的自旋相关输运性质。在本工作中,我们通过用 Pd/NiFe 界面替代 Cu/NiFe 界面来进一步探索这一思路,Pd/NiFe 界面同样具有更理想的输运性质。与包含 Cu/NiFe 界面的参考结相比,新结的 π 态超电流增加至原来的 2 倍,并且首个 0-π 转变的位置发生了变化。

英文摘要:

Ferromagnetic Josephson junctions exhibit fascinating physics and the potential for applications in superconducting logic and memory. The junctions in a demonstrated superconducting memory prototype contain a magnetic spin-valve structure with Ni as the fixed layer and NiFe (Permalloy) as the free layer. However, NiFe exhibits poor supercurrent transmission, which limits the efficiency of the Josephson junction. We have previously shown that the supercurrent transmission through a Cu/NiFe/Cu trilayer can be improved by adding thin layers of Ni between the Cu and NiFe -- possibly due to the advantageous spin-dependent transport properties of the Cu/Ni interfaces. In this work we explore this idea further by replacing the Cu/NiFe interfaces with Pd/NiFe, which also have more desirable transport properties. Compared to the reference junctions containing Cu/NiFe interfaces, the new junctions exhibit an increase in the $π$-state supercurrent by a factor of 2 along with a change in the position of the first $0-π$ transition.

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