Bistability in superconducting rings containing an inhomogeneous Josephson junction

We investigate the magnetic response of a superconducting Nb ring containing a ferromagnetic PdNi Josephson junction and a tunnel junction in parallel. Doubling of the switching frequency is observed within certain intervals of the external magnetic field. For sinusoidal current-phase relations in b...

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Published in:Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics Condensed matter and materials physics, 2008-01, Vol.77 (2), Article 024506
Main Authors: Gaass, M., Nadj-Perge, S., Radović, Z., Bauer, A., Aprili, M., Wegscheider, W., Strunk, C.
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Language:English
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Physics
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Summary:We investigate the magnetic response of a superconducting Nb ring containing a ferromagnetic PdNi Josephson junction and a tunnel junction in parallel. Doubling of the switching frequency is observed within certain intervals of the external magnetic field. For sinusoidal current-phase relations in both junctions, our model of a double superconducting quantum interference device (a small two-junction loop that interrupts the larger ring) explains this feature by a sequence of current reversals in the ferromagnetic section of the junction in these field intervals. The switching anomalies are induced by the coupling between the magnetic fluxes in the two superconducting loops.
ISSN:1098-0121
1550-235X
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.024506