Signatures of spin-triplet Cooper pairing in the density of states of spin-textured superconductor-ferromagnet bilayers
arXiv:1812.09937 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab0e20
Abstract
The existence of spin-triplet superconductivity in non-collinear magnetic heterostructures with superconductors is by now well established. This observation lays the foundation of superconducting spintronics with the aim to create a low-power consuming devices in order to replace the conventional electronics limited by heating. From a fundamental point of view the investigation of the structure and properties of spin-triplet Cooper pairs continues. Recently, spectroscopic evidence has shown to offer more detailed insights in the structure of triplet Cooper pairs than the supercurrent. Hence, we study here the structure of spin-triplet Cooper pairs through the density of states in bilayers of a textured magnetic insulator in proximity to a superconductor. Using quasiclassical Green function methods, we study the local density of states, both spin-resolved and spin-independent. We show that the equal-spin and mixed-spin triplet Cooper pairs leads to different spectroscopic signatures, which can be further enhanced by spin-polarized spectroscopy. Our results show the huge potential spin-polarized tunneling methods offer in characterizing unconventional superconductivity in heterostructures.
arXiv comment12 pages, 13 figures
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