Spontaneous flux and magnetic-interference patterns in 0-π Josephson junctions

J. R. Kirtley, K. A. Moler, and D. J. Scalapino
Phys. Rev. B 56, 886 – Published 1 July 1997
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Abstract

The spontaneous flux generation and magnetic field modulation of the critical current in a 0-π Josephson junction are calculated for different ratios of the junction length L to the Josephsen penetration depth λJ, and different ratios of the 0-junction length to the π-junction length. These calculations apply to a Pb-YBa2Cu3O7δ (YBCO) c-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 c-axis Josephson coupling and the symmetry of the order parameter in YBCO. We find spontaneous flux even for very short symmetric 0-π junctions, but asymmetric junctions have qualitatively different behavior.

  • Received 19 February 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.886

©1997 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. R. Kirtley

  • IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

K. A. Moler

  • Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

D. J. Scalapino

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

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Vol. 56, Iss. 2 — 1 July 1997

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