Physical Review B, volume 88, issue 21, publication number 214512

Pressure-induced 0-πtransitions and supercurrent crossover in antiferromagnetic weak links

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2013-12-16
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ISSN24699950, 24699969, 10980121, 1550235X
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract
We compute self-consistently the Josephson current in a superconductor-antiferromagnet-superconductor junction using a lattice model, focusing on $0\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\pi}$ transitions occurring when the width of the antiferromagnetic region changes from an even to an odd number of lattice sites. Previous studies predicted $0\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\pi}$ transitions when alternating between an even and an odd number of sites for sufficiently strong antiferromagnetic order. We study numerically the magnitude of the threshold value for this to occur, and also explain the physics behind its existence in terms of the phase shifts picked up by the quasiparticles constituting the supercurrent in the antiferromagnet. Moreover, we show that this threshold value allows for pressure-induced $0\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\pi}$ transitions by destroying the antiferromagnetic nesting properties of the Fermi surface, a phenomenon which has no counterpart in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions, offering a way to tune the quantum ground state of a Josephson junction without the need for multiple samples.

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Enoksen H., Linder J., Sudbø A. Pressure-induced 0-πtransitions and supercurrent crossover in antiferromagnetic weak links // Physical Review B. 2013. Vol. 88. No. 21. 214512
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.214512
UR - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.214512
TI - Pressure-induced 0-πtransitions and supercurrent crossover in antiferromagnetic weak links
T2 - Physical Review B
AU - Enoksen, Henrik
AU - Linder, Jacob
AU - Sudbø, Asle
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/12/16
PB - American Physical Society (APS)
IS - 21
VL - 88
SN - 2469-9950
SN - 2469-9969
SN - 1098-0121
SN - 1550-235X
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@article{2013_Enoksen,
author = {Henrik Enoksen and Jacob Linder and Asle Sudbø},
title = {Pressure-induced 0-πtransitions and supercurrent crossover in antiferromagnetic weak links},
journal = {Physical Review B},
year = {2013},
volume = {88},
publisher = {American Physical Society (APS)},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.214512},
number = {21},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.88.214512}
}
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