articleReports on Progress in PhysicsSep 23, 2015GREEN OA

Spin-polarized supercurrents for spintronics: a review of current progress

MEMatthias Eschrig

Royal Holloway University of London

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Abstract

During the past 15 years a new field has emerged, which combines superconductivity and spintronics, with the goal to pave a way for new types of devices for applications combining the virtues of both by offering the possibility of long-range spin-polarized supercurrents. Such supercurrents constitute a fruitful basis for the study of fundamental physics as they combine macroscopic quantum coherence with microscopic exchange interactions, spin selectivity, and spin transport. This report follows recent developments in the controlled creation of long-range equal-spin triplet supercurrents in ferromagnets and its contribution to spintronics. The mutual proximity-induced modification of order in…

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    Royal Holloway University of London

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  • Spintronics
  • Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy)
  • Superconductivity
  • Spin (aerodynamics)
  • Quantum
  • Quality (philosophy)
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