Nonlinear features of the superconductor–ferromagnet–superconductor ϕ0Josephson
junction in ferromagnetic resonance region
Aliasghar Janalizadeh1, Ilhom R. Rahmonov2,3,4, Sara A.
Abdelmoneim 5, Yury M. Shukrinov2,3,4, and Mohammad R. Kolahchi1
1Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), P.O. Box 45137-66731, Zanjan, Iran
2BLTP, JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, 141980, Russia
3Dubna State University, Dubna, 141980, Russia
4Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Moscow Region, Russia
5Physics department, Menofiya University, Faculty of Science, 32511, Shebin Elkom,Egypt
(Dated: October 4, 2022)
We demonstrate the manifestations of the nonlinear features in magnetic dynamics and IV-
characteristics of the ϕ0Josephson junction in the ferromagnetic resonance region. We show that
at small values of system parameters, namely, damping, spin-orbit interaction, and Josephson to
magnetic energy ratio, the magnetic dynamics is reduced to the dynamics of the scalar Duffing os-
cillator, driven by the Josephson oscillations. The role of increasing superconducting current in the
resonance region is clarified. Shifting of the ferromagnetic resonant frequency and the reversal of
its damping dependence due to nonlinearity are demonstrated by the full Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert-
Josephson system of equations, and in its different approximations. Finally, we demonstrate the
negative differential resistance in the IV–characteristics, and its correlation with the foldover effect.
I. I. INTRODUCTION
The coupling of superconducting phase difference with
magnetic moment of ferromagnet in the ϕ0junction leads
to a number of unique features important for supercon-
ducting spintronics, and modern information technology
[1–5]. It allows to control the magnetization preces-
sion by superconducting current and affects the current–
voltage (IV) characteristics by magnetic dynamics in the
ferromagnet, in particular, to create a DC component in
the superconducting current [6–8]. A remarkable mani-
festation of such coupling is the possibility to stimulate
a magnetization reversal in the ferromagnetic layer by
applying current pulse through the ϕ0-junction [3, 9–13].
There are two features of our Josephson junction that
come into play in our study. One is the broken inver-
sion symmetry in the weak link of the Josephson junc-
tion, when the link is magnetic, which introduces an ex-
tra phase in the current—-phase relation, preventing it
from being antisymmetric. Such Josephson junctions are
named ϕ0junctions [1], and examples exist such as MnSi
and FeGe. Second is the nonlinear property of the system
that makes for an anomalous resonance behavior [14].
We couple such a Josephson junction to the model
that describes the magnetodynamics in thin films or
heterostructure, to form the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert-
Josephson model (LLGJ)[14–16]. It is shown that for
a particular set of parameters, the coupled equations
reduce to the dynamics of a Duffing oscillator [14].
The cubic nonlinearity in this oscillator has applications
in describing several effects in other models too [17].
One being the resonance effects in the antiferromagnetic
bimeron in response to an alternating current, which has
applications in the detection of weak signals [15, 18, 19].
The Gilbert damping term is added phenomenologi-
cally to the Landau—-Lifshitz model, to reproduce the
damping of the precessing magnetic moment. Gilbert
damping is important in modeling other resonance fea-
tures too, as its temperature dependence affects them
[20, 21], and in return in the superconducting correla-
tions that affect it [22]. The magnetization precession
in the ultra thin Co20F e60B20 layer stimulated by mi-
crowave voltage under a large angle, needs modeling by
Duffing oscillator too. This gets help from the so called
foldover features, again due to nonlinearity [16, 23, 24].
The consequences of the nonlinear nature of the cou-
pled set of LLGJ system of equations in the weak cou-
pling regime was demonstrated recently in Ref. [14]. We
showed in this regime, where the Josephson energy is
small compared to the magnetic energy, the ϕ0Joseph-
son junction is equivalently described by a scalar non-
linear Duffing equation. An anomalous dependence of
the ferromagnetic resonant frequency (FMR) with the
increase of the Gilbert damping was found. We showed
that the damped precession of the magnetic moment is
dynamically driven by the Josephson supercurrent, and
the resonance behavior is given by the Duffing spring.
The obtained results were based on the numerical simu-
lations. The role of dc superconducting current, and the
state with negative differential resistance (NDR) in IV-
characteristic were not clarified. Also, the effects of the
Josephson to magnetic energy ratio and the spin-orbit
coupling (SOC) were not investigated at that time.
In the present paper, we study the nonlinear aspects
of the magnetic dynamics and IV-characteristics of the
ϕ0Josephson junction in the ferromagnetic resonance re-
gion. We compare description of the anomalous damp-
ing dependence (ADD) exhibited by full LLGJ system
of equations with approximated equations and demon-
strate the Duffing oscillator features in the small param-
eter regime. Effects of the Josephson to magnetic energy
ratio, and the spin-orbit coupling on the ADD, referred
to earlier as the α-effect [14] are demonstrated. By de-
riving the formula which couples the dc superconduct-
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