Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2003-10-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 pages, 4 figures; to be published in Physica C
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2003.11.035
In superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) heterostructures, the exchange field $h_{ex}$ of the F-layer suppresses the superconducting order parameter in the S-layer via the proximity effect. One issue in current research is the effect of a domain state, or, more generally, different directions of $h_{ex}$, on the superconductivity. We used a pulsed-current technique in order to measure the superconducting transport properties of Cu$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$/Nb/Cu$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$ ($x$ = 0.54) F/S/F trilayers structured in strips of about 2 $\mu$m wide and 20 $\mu$m long as function of a small in-plane magnetic field. We find that the depairing current is tied to the magnetization behavior. In particular, we show that the suppression of superconductivity in the S-layer is smallest when the external magnetic field equals the coercive field H$_{c}$ of the F-layers.
Aarts Jan
Habraken Serge
Hesselberth M.
Rusanov A. A.
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