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N. G. Pugach

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arXiv2026

Superconductivity-Enabled Conversion of Ferromagnetic Resonance into Standing Spin Waves

Superconductors can transport spin without Joule dissipation, yet their coherent coupling to short-wavelength magnons in insulating magnets remains largely unexplored. Here we demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that a conventional diffusive superconductor can enable the conversion of the uniform ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) mode into perpendicular standing spin waves (PSSWs) in an adjacent ferrimagnetic insulator. In Bi-substituted iron-garnet/Nb bilayers, the microwave transmission develops an additional resonance feature that appears only below the Nb superconducting transition temperature and lies close to the uniform FMR peak. A microscopic theory that self-consistently couples the quasiclassical Keldysh--Usadel description of the superconducting condensate to the Landau--Lifshitz--Gilbert dynamics shows that the conversion relies on two ingredients: (i) an interfacial spin-transfer torque mediated by spin-polarized triplet Cooper pairs and (ii) a depth-dependent effective field produced by Abrikosov vortices (electromagnetic proximity). The resulting susceptibility reproduces the measured lineshapes and establishes superconductivity as an active control parameter for exchange standing-wave modes in magnetic insulators.

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arXiv2026

Analytical solution of coupled self--consistency and linearised Usadel equations for the dirty superconductors at $T_c$ and with the proximity effect

In this manuscript we consider a superconducting film in the vicinity of the critical temperature and presence of the proximity effect. We analytically solve the corresponding linearised Usadel equation and the self-consistency equation, defining the critical temperature. This is a system of coupled differential and integral equations for the anomalous Green function and the order parameter of the superconductor. The proximity effect defines the boundary conditions. The formal solution of the system is found for the general case of the linearised boundary conditions defined by the proximity effect, reducing the set of equations to an eigenvalue problem. The latter defines the critical temperature of the superconducting phase transition and the spatial distributions of the anomalous Green function and the superconducting order parameter.

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arXiv2025

Energy spectrum and quantum phase transition of the coupled single spin and an infinitely coordinated Ising chain

We consider a spin model, composed of a single spin, connected to an infinitely coordinated Ising chain. Theoretical models of this type arise in various fields of theoretical physics, such as theory of open systems, quantum control and quantum computations. In the thermodynamic limit of infinite chain, we map the chain Hamiltonian to the Hamiltonian of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glik model and the system as a whole is described by a generalized Rabi Hamiltonian. Next the effective Hamiltonian is obtained using Foulton-Gouterman transformation. In thermodynamic limit we obtain the spectrum of the whole system and study the properties of the ground state quantum phase transition.

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arXiv2024

Density of states in the heterostructure ferromagnetic insulator-superconductor-ferromagnetic insulator

We consider a spin valve composed of a superconducting film (S) between two ferromagnetic insulators (FI) on two sides. In the dirty limit the superconductor is described by Usadel equations. Appropriate boundary conditions were chosen for two S-FI interfaces, which are described via the interface parameter spin mixing angle. By numerically solving the Usadel equations, the density of states (DOS) at different spin mixing angles were obtained. It was shown previously that critical temperature of such FI-S-FI structure depends on the mutual alignment of the FI layers magnetization. We follow the evolution of DOS at change of misalignment of ferromagnets magnetization and probe the zero bias peak creation. The DOS characteristic features may give a fruitful information about triplet superconducting components creation and interplay inside the S layer.

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arXiv2022

Superconducting spin valves based on a single spiral magnetic layer

A detailed investigation of a superconducting spin-triplet valve is presented. This spin-valve consists of a superconducting film covering a metal with an intrinsic spiral magnetic order, which could result from competing isotropic exchanges or, if the crystal lattice breaks central symmetry, from asymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange. Depending on the anisotropy, such a metal may change its magnetization either from a spiral to uniform order, as seen in Ho and Er, or in the direction of the spiral itself, as in crystals of the B20-type structure (such as MnSi, (Fe,Co)Si, FeGe, etc.). The nonuniform magnetic order controls the appearance of long-range triplet superconducting correlations at strong exchange fields, affecting the detailed character of the proximity effect. We show that the magnetic control of the spin-valve behavior can also be obtained from moderately low exchange fields (typically associated to negligible long-range triplet correlations), thanks to an orientation-dependent averaging mechanism of the magnetic inhomogeneity on the scale of the Cooper pairs. Our numerical calculations reveal that the spin-valve effect is in fact magnified at moderately low exchange fields, when the exchange splitting in the spiral magnet is comparable to the superconducting gap, and the spiral period is less than or equal to the superconducting coherence length in the magnet multiplied by $2π$.

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arXiv2018

Protected 0-pi states in SIsFS junctions for Josephson memory and logic

We study the peculiarities in current-phase relations (CPR) of the SIsFS junction in the region of $0$ to $π$ transition. These CPR consist of two independent branches corresponding to $0-$ and $π-$ states of the contact. We have found that depending on the transparency of the SIs tunnel barrier the decrease of the s-layer thickness leads to transformation of the CPR shape going in the two possible ways: either one of the branches exists only in discrete intervals of the phase difference $φ$ or both branches are sinusoidal but differ in the magnitude of their critical currents. We demonstrate that the difference can be as large as $10\%$ under maintaining superconductivity in the s layer. An applicability of these phenomena for memory and logic application is discussed.

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arXiv2017

Superconducting spin valves controlled by spiral re-orientation in B20-family magnets

We propose a superconducting spin-triplet valve, which consists of a superconductor and an itinerant magnetic material, with the magnet showing an intrinsic non-collinear order characterized by a wave vector that may be aligned in a few equivalent preferred directions under control of a weak external magnetic field. Re-orienting the spiral direction allows one to controllably modify long-range spin-triplet superconducting correlations, leading to spin-valve switching behavior. Our results indicate that the spin-valve effect may be noticeable. This bilayer may be used as a magnetic memory element for cryogenic nanoelectronics. It has the following advantages in comparison to superconducting spin valves proposed previously: (i) it contains only one magnetic layer, which may be more easily fabricated and controlled, (ii) its ground states are separated by a potential barrier, which solves the "half-select" problem of the addressed switch of memory elements.

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arXiv2014

The effect of normal metal layers in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions

Using the Usadel equation approach, we provide a compact formalism to calculate the critical current density of 21 different types of ferromagnetic (F) Josephson junctions containing insulating (I) and normal metal (N) layers in the weak link regions. In particular, we obtain that even a thin additional N layer may shift the 0-$π$ transitions to larger or smaller values of the thickness $d_F$ of the ferromagnet, depending on its conducting properties. For certain values of $d_F$, a 0-$π$ transition can even be achieved by changing only the N layer thickness. We use our model to fit experimental data of SIFS and SINFS tunnel junctions, where S is a superconducting electrode.

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arXiv2013

Ferromagnetic planar Josephson junction with transparent interfaces: a ϕ junction proposal

We calculate the current phase relation of a planar Josephson junction with a ferromagnetic weak link located on top of a thin normal metal film. Following experimental observations we assume transparent superconductor-ferromagnet interfaces. This provides the best interlayer coupling and a low suppression of the superconducting correlations penetrating from the superconducting electrodes into the ferromagnetic layer. We show that this Josephson junction is a promising candidate for an experimental ϕ junction realization.

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arXiv2012

Magnetic moment manipulation by triplet Josephson current

The induced magnetic moment, provided by the bands electrons, is calculated in a variety of Josephson junctions with multilayered ferromagnetic (F) weak link. The noncollinear magnetization of the F layers provides the conditions necessary to generate triplet superconducting correlations. It leads to the long-range induced magnetic moment, emerging in the superconducting (S) layers. It is shown to be dependent on the Josephson phase. By tuning the Josephson current, one may control the long-range induced magnetic moment. Alternatively, applying the voltage we can generate an oscillatory magnetic moment. The detection of such a spin effect may serve as independent evidence of the triplet superconductivity. The proposed mechanism seems to be attractive for superconducting spintronic devices with low dissipation.

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arXiv2011

Superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor Josephson junction: From the dirty to the clean limit

The proximity effect and the Josephson current in a superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor (SIFS) junction are investigated within the framework of the quasiclassical Eilenberger equations. This investigation allows us to compare the dirty and the clean limits, to investigate an arbitrary impurity scattering, and to determine the applicability limits of the Usadel equations for such structures. The role of different types of the FS interface is analyzed. It is shown that the decay length and the spatial oscillation period of the Eilenberger function may exhibit a nonmonotonic dependence on the properties of the ferromagnetic layer such as exchange field or electron mean free path. The results of our calculations are applied to the interpretation of experimentally observed dependencies of the critical current density on the ferromagnet thickness in Josephson junctions containing a Ni layer with an arbitrary scattering.

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arXiv2009

Method for reliable realization of a varphi Josephson junction

We propose a method to realize a $ϕ$ Josephson junction by combining alternating 0 and $π$ parts (sub junctions) with an intrinsically non-sinusoidal current-phase relation (CPR). Conditions for the realization of the $ϕ$ ground state are analyzed. It is shown that taking into account the non-sinusoidal CPR for a "clean junction with a ferromagnetic (F) barrier, one can significantly enlarge the domain (regime of suitable F-layer thicknesses) of the $ϕ$ ground state and make the practical realization of $ϕ$ Josephson junctions feasible. Such junctions may also have two different stable solutions, such as 0 and $π$, 0 and $ϕ$, or $ϕ$ and $π$.

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