Giant superconducting proximity effect on spintronic anisotropy

Krzysztof P. Wójcik; Maciej Misiorny; Ireneusz Weymann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.045401

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Giant superconducting proximity effect on spintronic anisotropy

Krzysztof P. Wójcik, Maciej Misiorny, Ireneusz Weymann

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.045401 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate theoretically the interplay of proximity effects due to the presence of a superconductor and normal ferromagnetic leads on the formation of the spintronic quadrupolar exchange field in a large-spin molecule. We show that the spintronic anisotropy can be enhanced by a few orders of magnitude and tuned by changing the strength of coupling to the superconductor. Especially large anisotropy is generated in the vicinity of the charge parity changing transition of the molecule. We also provide predictions of measurable spectral properties being the hallmarks of these phenomena.