Controlling supercurrents and their spatial distribution in ferromagnets

Kaveh Lahabi; Morten Amundsen; Jabir Ali Ouassou; Ewout Beukers; Menno Pleijster; Jacob Linder; Paul Alkemade; Jan Aarts

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02236-2

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Controlling supercurrents and their spatial distribution in ferromagnets

Kaveh Lahabi,
Morten Amundsen,
Jabir Ali Ouassou,
Ewout Beukers,
Menno Pleijster,
Jacob Linder,
Paul Alkemade,
Jan Aarts

Affiliations

Kaveh Lahabi: Huygens—Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, University Leiden
Morten Amundsen: Department of Physics, Center of Excellence QuSpin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jabir Ali Ouassou: Department of Physics, Center of Excellence QuSpin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ewout Beukers: Huygens—Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, University Leiden
Menno Pleijster: Huygens—Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, University Leiden
Jacob Linder: Department of Physics, Center of Excellence QuSpin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paul Alkemade: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Jan Aarts: Huygens—Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, University Leiden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02236-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Controlling supercurrent pathways in a Josephson junction can lead to new functionalities. Here, Lahabi et al. demonstrate the tailoring of two distinct supercurrent channels in a ferromagnetic disk containing a magnetic vortex.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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