Tuesday, December 18, 2012

1212.4039 (C. Nappi et al.)

πstates in all-pnictide Josephson junctions    [PDF]

C. Nappi, S. De Nicola, M. Adamo, E. Sarnelli
We study the Josephson effect in $s_{\pm}/I/s_{\pm}$ junctions made by two bands reversed sign s-wave ($s_{\pm}$) superconductive materials. We derive an equation providing the bound Andreev energy states parameterized by the band ratio $\alpha$, a parameter accounting for the weight of the second band with respect to the first one at the interface. For selected values of the band ratio and tunnel barrier amplitude, we predict various features of the Josephson current, among which a possible high temperature $\pi$ state of the junction (a doubly degenerate junction ground state) and a $\pi \rightarrow 0$ crossover with decreasing temperature.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4039

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