<p>We present a set of necessary conditions for the appearance of charge and spin Josephson diode effects across strongly spin-polarized inhomogeneous magnetic materials (FM) placed between two spin-singlet superconductors. Noncoplanarity of the FM’s spin texture gives rise to quantum geometric phases, <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\Delta \varphi '\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi> <msup> <mi>φ</mi> <mo>′</mo> </msup> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, that enter the Josephson current-phase relation (CPR) similarly to the superconducting phase difference, resulting in charge and spin Josephson diode effects. Our study shows that such effects appear if the CPR possesses no phase-inversion center, achieved under the following conditions. First, noncoplanarity of the spin texture is necessary to break the spatial inversion symmetry. Second, strong spin polarization of the FM that leads to different transport characteristics for the two spin bands. Third, both spin bands have to contribute to the transport, i.e., the effect is absent in half-metallic junctions. Finally, higher harmonics in the CPR are necessary, i.e., the effect is absent in the tunneling limit. However, even in this case, the CPR must not have a phase-inversion center, which is ensured by the restriction of the quantum geometric phase to values <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\Delta \varphi '\ne k\pi /2, k\in \mathbb {Z}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi> <msup> <mi>φ</mi> <mo>′</mo> </msup> <mo>≠</mo> <mi>k</mi> <mi>π</mi> <mo stretchy="false">/</mo> <mn>2</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mi>k</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>. We formulate a minimal phenomenological model that incorporates all these points, qualitatively illustrating our theory.</p>

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Absence of a Phase-Inversion Center as a Necessary Condition for the Josephson Diode Effect and Application to Strongly Spin-Polarized Magnets

  • Danilo Nikolić,
  • Niklas L. Schulz,
  • Matthias Eschrig

摘要

We present a set of necessary conditions for the appearance of charge and spin Josephson diode effects across strongly spin-polarized inhomogeneous magnetic materials (FM) placed between two spin-singlet superconductors. Noncoplanarity of the FM’s spin texture gives rise to quantum geometric phases, \(\Delta \varphi '\) Δ φ , that enter the Josephson current-phase relation (CPR) similarly to the superconducting phase difference, resulting in charge and spin Josephson diode effects. Our study shows that such effects appear if the CPR possesses no phase-inversion center, achieved under the following conditions. First, noncoplanarity of the spin texture is necessary to break the spatial inversion symmetry. Second, strong spin polarization of the FM that leads to different transport characteristics for the two spin bands. Third, both spin bands have to contribute to the transport, i.e., the effect is absent in half-metallic junctions. Finally, higher harmonics in the CPR are necessary, i.e., the effect is absent in the tunneling limit. However, even in this case, the CPR must not have a phase-inversion center, which is ensured by the restriction of the quantum geometric phase to values \(\Delta \varphi '\ne k\pi /2, k\in \mathbb {Z}\) Δ φ k π / 2 , k Z . We formulate a minimal phenomenological model that incorporates all these points, qualitatively illustrating our theory.