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Properties of SAS Josephson junctions in SO(5) theory

B. C. den Hertog, A. J. Berlinsky, C. Kallin

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9811133

Abstract

We derive the qualitative behavior of superconductor-antiferromagnet- superconductor (SAS) Josephson junctions described by Zhang's SO(5) theory. The main differences between these junctions and conventional SIS junctions arise from the non-sinusoidal current-phase relation derived by Demler et al. for thin SAS junctions. Using a simple approximation to this non-sinusoidal function, the current voltage relation, Shapiro steps, thermal fluctuation effects and the diffraction pattern in a magnetic field are obtained.

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