Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-09-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.73.060505
In F/S/F trilayers where the magnetization directions of the F layers can be controlled separately, it has theoretically been predicted that the antiparallel (AP) configuration can have a higher superconducting transition temperature T_c than the parallel configuration. This is the so-called spin switch, which also experimentally has been found for the case of weak ferromagnets. Here we show that strong ferromagnets yield the opposite effect. We study the transport properties of F/S/F trilayers with F = Ni_0.80Fe_0.20 (Permalloy, Py) and S = Nb, structured in strips of different sizes. Using two different thicknesses for the Py layers, we can switch in a well-defined way between the AP- and P-configurations. In the superconducting transition we find a clear increase of the resistance in the AP-state. We ascribe this to enhanced reflection of spin-polarized quasiparticles at the S/F interfaces which leads to a stronger suppression of superconductivity on the S-side.
Aarts Jan
Habraken Serge
Rusanov Alexander Yu.
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