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Curvature control of the superconducting proximity effect in diffusive ferromagnetic nanowires
Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Ctr Quantum Spintron, NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway..
Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Ctr Quantum Spintron, NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway..
Nordita SU; Nordita, Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Ctr Quantum Spintron, NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway..
2022 (English)In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 105, no 13, article id 134511Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Coupling a conventional s-wave superconductor to a ferromagnet allows us, via the proximity effect, to generate superconducting triplet correlations. This feature can be employed to achieve a superconducting triplet spin-valve effect in superconductor-ferromagnet (SF) hybrid structures, for example by switching the magnetizations of the ferromagnets between parallel and antiparallel configurations in F1SF2 and SF1F2 trilayers, or in SF bilayers with both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling (SOC). It was recently reported that geometric curvature can control the generation of long-ranged triplets. We use this property to show that the superconducting critical temperature of an SF hybrid nanowire can be tuned by varying the curvature of the ferromagnetic side alone, with no need of another ferromagnet or SOC. We show that the variation of the critical temperature as a function of the curvature can be exploited to obtain a robust, curvature-controlled, superconducting triplet spin-valve effect. Furthermore, we perform an analysis with the inclusion of spin-orbit coupling and explain how it modifies the spin-valve effect both quantitatively and qualitatively.

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American Physical Society (APS) , 2022. Vol. 105, no 13, article id 134511
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-313762DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.134511ISI: 000800750500004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85129095073OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-313762DiVA, id: diva2:1668211
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Available from: 2022-06-13 Created: 2022-06-13 Last updated: 2023-09-15Bibliographically approved

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