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Long-range proximity effect for opposite-spin pairs in superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures under
1Institute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow reg., 142432 Russia.
Abstract:
By now it is known that in a singlet superconductor-ferromagnet (S-F) structure the superconducting correlations carried by opposite-spin pairs penetrate into the ferromagnet over a short distance of the order of magnetic coherence length. The long-range proximity effect (LRPE), taking place on the length scale of the normal metal coherence length, can only be maintained by equal-spin pairs, which can be generated by magnetic inhomogeneities in the system. In this Letter, we have predicted a new type of LRPE, which can take place in S-F heterostructures under nonequilibrium conditions. The superconducting correlations in the F region are generated by opposite-spin Cooper pairs and equal-spin pairs are not involved. The possibility for an opposite-spin pair to penetrate into the ferromagnet over a large distance is provided by creation of the proper nonequilibrium quasiparticle distribution there. This leads to a sharp increase (up to a few orders of magnitude) of the critical Josephson current through a S-F-S junction at some values of the voltage controlling the nonequilibrium distribution in the F interlayer.
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