Coherent effects in double-barrier ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet junctions

Miloš Božović; Zoran Radović

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.134524

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Coherent effects in double-barrier ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet junctions

Miloš Božović, Zoran Radović

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.134524 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Coherent quantum transport in ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet (FSF) double-barrier junctions is studied. Analytic expressions for charge and spin conductance spectra are derived for the general case of insulating interfaces (from metallic to tunnel limit), the Fermi velocity mismatch, and for parallel and antiparallel (AP) alignment of the electrode magnetizations. We focus on two characteristic features of finite size and coherency: subgap electronic transport and oscillations of the differential conductance. Periodic vanishing of the Andreev reflection at the energies of geometrical resonances above the superconducting gap is a striking consequence of the quasiparticle interference. In contrast with the case of incoherent transport, a nontrivial spin polarization without the excess spin accumulation is found for the AP alignment.