Chirality-controlled spontaneous currents in spin-orbit coupled superconducting rings
arXiv:1810.02696 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.99.180501
Abstract
At a superconductor interface with a ferromagnetic insulator (FI), the FI acts to induce a local exchange field within the S layer, which in the presence of spin-orbit interaction promotes a phase modulated superconducting state. Here we demonstrate that within a thin superconducting loop that is partially proximitized by a FI, spontaneous currents form with a magnetization-orientation-dependent chirality with sizable shifts in Little-Parks oscillations. Furthermore, the critical temperature of the loop is also magnetization-orientation-dependent and conversely, the superconducting transition itself may influence the magnetization direction. More generally, the superconducting region above the FI may serve as a phase battery and so offer a new device concept for superconducting spintronics.
arXiv comment5 pages and 5 figures
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