Imaging Josephson vortices on curved junctions

Fujisawa, Yuita*; Krishnadas, A*; Nakamura, Tomonori*; Hsu, C.-H.*; Smith, B. R. M.*; Pardo-Almanza, M*; Hiyane, Hoshu*; Nagai, Yuki; Machida, Tadashi*; Okada, Yoshinori*

Physical Review B, 110(22), p.224511_1 - 224511_5, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.224511

Understanding the nature of vortices in type-II superconductors has been vital for deepening the physics of exotic superconductors and applying superconducting materials to future electronic devices. A recent study has shown that the LiTiO(111) thin film offers a unique experimental platform to unveil the nature of the vortex along the curved Josephson junction. This study successfully visualized individual Josephson vortices along the curved Josephson junctions using in-situ spectroscopic scanning tunneling microscopy on LiTiO (111) epitaxial thin films. Notably, the local curvature of the Josephson junction was discovered to control the position of Josephson vortices. Furthermore, the numerical simulation reproduces the critical role of the curvature of the Josephson junction. This study provides guidelines to control Josephson vortices through geometrical ways, such as mechanical controlling of superconducting materials and their devices.

Evolution of Fe 3 impurity band state as the origin of high Curie temperature in the -type ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Fe)Sb

Takeda, Takahito*; Sakamoto, Shoya*; Araki, Kosei*; Fujisawa, Yuita*; Anh, L. D.*; Tu, N. T.*; Takeda, Yukiharu; Fujimori, Shinichi; Fujimori, Atsushi*; Tanaka, Masaaki*; et al.

Physical Review B, 102(24), p.245203_1 - 245203_8, 2020/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.245203