Theory of heterotic superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson junctions between single- and multiple-gap superconductors

Ota, Yukihiro; Machida, Masahiko  ; Koyama, Tomio*; Matsumoto, Hideki*

Using the functional integral method, we construct a theory of heterotic superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson junctions between one- and two-gap superconductors. The theory predicts the presence of in-phase and out-of-phase collective oscillation modes of superconducting phases. The former corresponds to the Josephson plasma mode whose frequency is drastically reduced for -wave symmetry, and the latter is a counterpart of Leggett's mode in Josephson junctions. We also reveal that the critical current and the Fraunhofer pattern strongly depend on the symmetry type of the two-gap superconductor.