Spin-orbit scattering effect on critical current in SFIFS tunnel structures
arXiv:cond-mat/0204273 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.134520
Abstract
The spin-orbit scattering effect on critical current through superconductor/ferromagnet (SF) bilayers separated by an insulator (SFIFS tunnel junction) have been investigated for the case of absence of the superconducting order parameter oscillations (thin F layers). The analysis is based on a microscopic theory for proximity coupled SF bilayer for different bilayer parameters (boundary transparency, proximity effect strength, relative orientation and value of the F layers exchange field). We find that the spin-orbit scattering considerably modifies dc Josephson current in SFIFS tunnel junction. In contrast to a simple physical picture, the reduction of the exchange field effects is nonlinear in character getting its maximum in the field's region where the critical current enhancement or the transition to the π-state take place. Hence, for understanding the various experimental results on tunnel structures with thin F layers, the coupled effects of the exchange interaction and spin-orbit scattering must be considered.
10 pages, 4 Postscript figures
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