Colloquium: Spin-orbit effects in superconducting hybrid structures

M Amundsen, J Linder, JWA Robinson, I Žutić… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) relates to the interaction between an electron's motion and its spin
and is ubiquitous in solid-state systems. Although the effect of SOC in normal-state …

Magnetoelectric effects in Josephson junctions

IV Bobkova, AM Bobkov, MA Silaev - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The review is devoted to the fundamental aspects and characteristic features of the
magnetoelectric effects, reported in the literature on Josephson junctions (JJs). The main …

Direct observation of a superconducting vortex diode

A Gutfreund, H Matsuki, V Plastovets, A Noah… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional
proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted …

Boosting spintronics with superconductivity

G Yang, C Ciccarelli, JWA Robinson - APL Materials, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Spintronics aims to utilize the spin degree of freedom for energy-efficient, non-volatile
memory and logic devices. In this research update, we review state-of-the-art developments …

Large enhancement of spin pumping due to the surface bound states in normal metal–superconductor structures

MA Silaev - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We show that the spin pumping from ferromagnetic insulator into the adjacent metallic spin
sink can be strongly stimulated by the superconducting correlations. The key physical …

Finite-frequency spin susceptibility and spin pumping in superconductors with spin-orbit relaxation

MA Silaev - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Static spin susceptibility of superconductors with spin-orbit relaxation was calculated in the
seminal work of Abrikosov and Gor'kov [Sov. Phys. JETP 15, 752 (1962)]. Surprisingly, the …

Magnon spin current induced by triplet cooper pair supercurrents

LG Johnsen, HT Simensen, A Brataas, J Linder - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
At the interface between a ferromagnetic insulator and a superconductor there is a coupling
between the spins of the two materials. We show that when a supercurrent carried by triplet …

Temperature-dependent spin transport and current-induced torques in superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures

M Müller, L Liensberger, L Flacke, H Huebl, A Kamra… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We investigate the injection of quasiparticle spin currents into a superconductor via spin
pumping from an adjacent ferromagnetic metal layer. To this end, we use NbN-Ni 80 Fe 20 …

Superconductivity-induced change in magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial ferromagnet-superconductor hybrids with spin-orbit interaction

C González-Ruano, LG Johnsen, D Caso, C Tiusan… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The interaction between superconductivity and ferromagnetism in thin film superconductor/
ferromagnet heterostructures is usually reflected by a change in superconductivity of the S …

Spin-transport in superconductors

K Ohnishi, S Komori, G Yang, KR Jeon… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Spin-transport in superconductors is a subject of fundamental and technical importance with
the potential for applications in superconducting-based cryogenic memory and logic …