Phase Offsets in the Critical-Current Oscillations of Josephson Junctions Based on Ni and Ni-(Ni81Fe19)xNby Barriers

B. Baek; M. L. Schneider; M. R. Pufall; W. H. Rippard

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.064013

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Phase Offsets in the Critical-Current Oscillations of Josephson Junctions Based on Ni and Ni-(Ni81Fe19)xNby Barriers

B. Baek, M. L. Schneider, M. R. Pufall, W. H. Rippard

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.064013 · Physical Review Applied

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Abstract

We measure and compare the critical-current oscillation characteristics of Josephson junctions as a function of Ni thickness in different barrier structures. The characteristics dependent on the relative Ni thickness, such as the presence of nodes and the oscillation period, are consistent with a conventional, clean-limit magnetic Josephson-junction model. However, the oscillation phases have different offsets in the Ni thickness between single Ni and Ni−(Ni81Fe19)xNby-based barriers, which cannot be explained by the bulk exchange field effect alone. This effect does not originate from the ferromagnetism in (Ni81Fe19)xNby nor is it cumulative with an additional (Ni81Fe19)xNby layer. Our results present clear evidence that a nonmagnetic layer can affect the superconducting spin phase across the junction as strongly as the conventional exchange field effect.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Nb Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	—	Pressure not reported	unknown