Spin-triplet supercurrent in Josephson junctions containing a synthetic antiferromagnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Abstract

We present measurements of Josephson junctions containing three magnetic layers with noncolinear magnetizations. The junctions are of the form $S/F^{\prime }/N/F/N/F^{\prime \prime }/S$, where $S$ is superconducting Nb, $F^{\prime }$ is either a thin Ni or Permalloy layer with in-plane magnetization, $N$ is the normal metal Cu, $F$ is a synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) with magnetization perpendicular to the plane, composed of Pd/Co multilayers on either side of a thin Ru spacer, and $F^{\prime \prime }$ is a thin Ni layer with in-plane magnetization. The supercurrent in these junctions decays more slowly as a function of the $F$-layer thickness than for similar spin-singlet junctions not containing the $F^{\prime }$ and $F^{\prime \prime }$ layers. The slower decay is the prime signature that the supercurrent in the central part of these junctions is carried by spin-triplet pairs. The junctions containing $F^{\prime }=$ Permalloy are suitable for future experiments where either the amplitude of the critical current or the ground-state phase difference across the junction is controlled by changing the relative orientations of the magnetizations of the $F^{\prime }$ and $F^{\prime \prime }$ layers.

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