Josephson π-state in a ferromagnetic insulator
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Shiro Kawabata, Yasuhiro Asano, Yukio Tanaka, Alexander A. Golubov and Satoshi Kashiwaya Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and JST-CREST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE, Enshede, The Netherlands Nanoelectronics Research Institute (NeRI), AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan (Dated: January 3, 2014)
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