Josephson effect through an isotropic magnetic molecule.
We study the Josephson effect through a quantum dot magnet whose spin is isotropic and which is coupled to the dot electron spin via exchange coupling. We calculate the Andreev levels and the supercurrent and examine the intertwined effect of the exchange coupling, Kondo correlation, and superconductivity. The former suppresses Kondo correlations, which triggers phase transitions from the 0 to the pi state, but strong antiferromagnetic coupling restores the 0 state. The asymmetric phase diagram in the exchange coupling suggests that the coupling sign could be determined in experiments.
Centre de Physique Théorique, UMR6207, Case 907, Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
Minchul
M
Lee
Thibaut
T
Jonckheere
Thierry
T
Martin