Author:
Seoane Souto Rubén,Kuzmanovski Dushko,Sardinero Ignacio,Burset Pablo,Balatsky Alexander V.
Abstract
AbstractSuperconductivity and magnetism are competing effects that can coexist in certain regimes. Their co-existence leads to unexpected new behaviors that include the onset of exotic electron pair mechanisms and topological phases. In this work, we study the properties of a Josephson junction between two spin-split superconductors. The spin-splitting in the superconductors can arise from either the coupling to a ferromagnetic material or an external magnetic field. The properties of the junction are dominated by the Andreev bound states that are also split. One of these states can cross the superconductor’s Fermi level, leading to a ground-state transition characterized by a suppressed supercurrent. We interpret the supercurrent blockade as coming from a dominance of p-wave pairing close to the junction, where the electrons are at both sides. To support this interpretation, we analyze the different pairing channels and show that p-wave pairing is favored in the case where the magnetization of the two superconductors is parallel and suppressed in the anti-parallel case. We also analyze the noise spectrum that shows signatures of the ground-state transition in the form of an elevated zero-frequency noise.
Funder
Spanish CM ``Talento Program''
Spanish Ministry of Science, innovation, and Universities
Knut and Allice Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden
European Research Council under the European Union Seventh Framework
University of Connecticut
Stockholm University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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