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arxiv: 1302.7107 · v1 · pith:XBMIGIA2new · submitted 2013-02-28 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.mes-hall

Spin-polarized Shapiro steps and spin-precession-assisted multiple Andreev reflection

classification ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords stepsandreevchargemagnetizationmultiplenanomagnetomegareflection
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We investigate the charge and spin transport of a voltage-biased superconducting point contact coupled to a nanomagnet. The magnetization of the nanomagnet is assumed to precess with the Larmor frequency, $\omega_L$, due to ferromagnetic resonance. The interplay between the ac Josephson current and the magnetization dynamics leads to spin-polarized Shapiro steps at voltages $|V|=\hbar \omega_L/2en$ for $n=1,2,...$ and the subharmonic steps with $n>1$ are a consequence of multiple Andreev reflection (MAR). Moreover, the spin-precession-assisted MAR generates quasiparticle scattering amplitudes that, due to interference, lead to current-voltage characteristics of the dc charge and spin currents with subharmonic gap structures displaying an even-odd effect.

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