Physical Review B, volume 98, issue 14, publication number 144521
Mesoscopic supercurrent fluctuations in diffusive magnetic Josephson junctions
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2018-10-30
Journal:
Physical Review B
scimago Q1
SJR: 1.345
CiteScore: 6.3
Impact factor: 3.2
ISSN: 24699950, 24699969, 10980121, 1550235X
Abstract
We study the supercurrent in quasi-one-dimensional Josephson junctions with a weak link involving magnetism, either via magnetic impurities or via ferromagnetism. In the case of weak links longer than {\color{black}the magnetic pair-breaking} length, the Josephson effect is dominated by mesoscopic fluctuations. We establish the supercurrent-phase dependence $I(\varphi)$ along with statistics of its sample-dependent properties in junctions with transparent contacts between leads and link. High transparency gives rise to the inverse proximity effect, while the direct proximity effect is suppressed by magnetism in the link. We find that all harmonics are present in $I(\varphi)$. Each harmonic has its own sample-dependent amplitude and phase shift with no correlation between different harmonics. Depending on the type of magnetic weak link, the system can realize a $\varphi_0$ or $\varphi$ junction in the fluctuational regime. Full supercurrent statistics is obtained at arbitrary relation between temperature, superconducting gap, and the Thouless energy of the weak link.
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