Long-range odd triplet superconductivity in SF structures with Neel walls

Volkov, A. F.; Fominov, Ya. V.; Efetov, K. B.

Long-range odd triplet superconductivity in SF structures with Neel walls

Authors

Volkov, A. F.

Fominov, Ya. V.

Efetov, K. B.

Description

We consider a multidomain superconductor/ferromagnet (SF) structure with an in-plane magnetization, assuming that the neighboring domains are separated by the Neel domain walls. We show that an odd triplet long-range component arises in the domain walls and spreads into domains over a long distance of the order ξ_T = \sqrt{D/2πT} (in the dirty limit). The density of states variation in the domains due to this component changes over distances of the order ξ_T and turns to zero in the middle of domains if the magnetization rotates in the same direction in all domain walls.
9 pages (including 3 EPS figures), REVTeX 4