Polarization states in the energy gap of superconductor-ferromagnet superlattices
Kuplevakhskii S. V., Fal'ko I.I.
The spectrum of excitations of S /Fand S /1(F) superlattices is derived [Sis a superconductor, .Fis a ferromagnetic metal, and 1(F) is a ferromagnetic insulator]. Narrow Bloch bands of quasiparticle states with one spin orientation exist in the energy gap of superlattices of both types (only under certain conditions, in the case of the S/F superlattice). The Bloch bands of an S /1(F) superlattice are unusual in that their width is a rapidly oscillating function of the thickness of the superconducting layer.