Abstract
The spontaneous flux generation and magnetic field modulation of the critical current in a 0- Josephson junction are calculated for different ratios of the junction length to the Josephsen penetration depth and different ratios of the -junction length to the -junction length. These calculations apply to a Pb-YBaCuO (YBCO) -axis-oriented junction with one YBCO twin boundary, as well as other experimental systems. Measurements of such a junction can provide information on the nature of the -axis Josephson coupling and the symmetry of the order parameter in YBCO. We find spontaneous flux even for very short symmetric 0- junctions, but asymmetric junctions have qualitatively different behavior.
- Received 19 February 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.886
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