Long-range statistical fluctuations of the crossed Josephson current

R. Mélin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134508

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Long-range statistical fluctuations of the crossed Josephson current

R. Mélin

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134508 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the crossed Josephson effect in a geometry consisting of a double ferromagnetic bridge between two superconductors, with tunnel interfaces. The crossed Josephson current vanishes on average because the Andreev-reflected hole does not follow the same sequence of impurities as the incoming electron. We show that (i) the root mean square of the crossed Josephson current distribution is proportional to the square root of the junction area and (ii) the coherent coupling mediated by fluctuations is “long range” since it decays over the ferromagnet phase coherence length lφ, larger than the exchange length. We predict a crossed Josephson current due to fluctuations if the length of the ferromagnets is smaller than lφ and larger than the exchange length ξh.