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Andreev conductance of a domain wall

Nikolai M. Chtchelkatchev and Igor S. Burmistrov
Phys. Rev. B 68, 140501(R) – Published 3 October 2003
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Abstract

At low temperatures the transport through a superconductor-ferromagnet (SF) tunnel interface is due to the tunneling of electrons in pairs. The exchange field of a single domain ferromagnet aligns electron spins and suppresses the two-electron tunneling. The presence of the domain walls at the SF interface strongly enhances the subgap current. The Andreev conductance is proved to be proportional to the total length of domain walls at the SF interface when the ferromagnet is fully polarized.

  • Received 16 May 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.140501

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Nikolai M. Chtchelkatchev1,2 and Igor S. Burmistrov1,3

  • 1L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117940 Moscow, Russia
  • 2Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk 142092, Moscow Region, Russia
  • 3Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1018XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Vol. 68, Iss. 14 — 1 October 2003

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