Spin-orbital coupling in a triplet superconductor-ferromagnet junction

Abstract

We study a novel type of coupling between spin and orbital degrees of freedom which appears at triplet superconductor-ferromagnet interfaces. Using a self-consistent spatially-dependent mean-field theory, we show that increasing the angle between the ferromagnetic moment and the triplet vector order parameter enhances or suppresses the p-wave gap close to the interface, according as the gap antinodes are parallel or perpendicular to the boundary, respectively. The associated change in condensation energy establishes an orbitally-dependent preferred orientation for the magnetization. When both gap components are present, as in a chiral superconductor, we observe a first-order transition between different moment orientations as a function of the exchange field strength.

5 pages, 4 figures and Supplemental Material (3 pages)

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• Unconventional Josephson signatures of Majorana bound states
• 0-$\pi$ transition in magnetic triplet superconductor Josephson junctions
• Spin Josephson effect with a single superconductor
• Josephson effect between triplet superconductors through a ferromagnetic barrier of finite width

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