Electric modulation of supercurrent in triplet Josephson junction

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Published 19 October 2010 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation Zhihong Yang and Zhuohui Yang 2010 EPL 92 17001 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/92/17001

0295-5075/92/1/17001

Abstract

We study the electric control of the Josephson current flowing in a clean triplet superconductor (TS) junction with a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer between two leads. The Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) is considered in the 2DEG region and its strength can be altered by an external electric field. Since the TS Cooper pairs can achieve a spin precession phase due to the pseudomagnetic field from RSOC when they travel in the 2DEG region, the Josephson current exhibits a regular 0-π oscillation, abrupt current reversal effect, and an unusual temperature dependence. Our findings may provide a purely electric means to control the Josephson current.

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