Spin-polarized proximity effect in superconducting junctions

Abstract

We study spin dependent phonomena in superconducting junctions in both ballistic and diffusive regimes. For ballistic junctions we study both ferromagnet / $s$- and d-wave superconductor junctions and two dimensional electron gas / s-wave superconductor junctions with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. It is shown that the exchange field alway suppresses the conductance while the Rashba spin-orbit coupling can enhance it. In the latter part of the article we study the diffusive ferromagnet / insulator / $s$- and d-wave superconductor junctions, where the proximity effect can be enhanced by the exchange field in contrast to common belief. It is shown that the resonant proximity effect originating from the exchange field strongly influences the tunneling conductance and density of states.

14 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Comptes Rendus de l'Acadeacute;mie des Sciences (Comptes Rendus Physique) Special Issue " Magnetism and Superconductivity Coexistence". Figures 4-7 are modified in v2

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