Type: Article
Publication Date: 2003-05-09
Citations: 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/15/20/304
The spatial variations of the pair amplitude and the local density of states in d- or s-wave superconductor–ferromagnet (SF) hybrid structures are calculated self consistently using the Bogoliubov–de Gennes formalism within the two-dimensional extended Hubbard model. We describe the proximity effect in SF bilayers, ferromagnet–superconductor–ferromagnet (FSF) trilayers and interfaces between a superconductor and a ferromagnetic domain wall. We investigate in detail the role played by the pairing symmetry, the exchange field, interfacial scattering and crossed Andreev reflection.