Effect of the variation of the exchange energy on the superconducting critical temperature of S/F/S trilayers

被引:10
作者
Kushnir, V. N. [1 ]
Prischepa, S. L. [1 ]
Aarts, J. [2 ]
Bell, C. [2 ]
Cirillo, C. [3 ,4 ]
Attanasio, C. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Belarus State Univ Informat & RadioElect, Minsk 220013, BELARUS
[2] Leiden Univ, Kamerlingh Onnes Lab, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[3] Univ Salerno, CNR SPIN Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Sa, Italy
[4] Univ Salerno, Dipartimento Fis ER Caianiello, I-84084 Fisciano, Sa, Italy
关键词
TRANSITION-TEMPERATURE; RESISTIVE TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL FIELDS; FERROMAGNET; PROXIMITY; QUANTUM; MAGNETIZATION; REFLECTION; MAGNETISM; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1140/epjb/e2011-20027-0
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The effect of the exchange energy variation in weakly ferromagnetic alloys on the superconducting resistive transition of superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (S/F/S) trilayers is studied. Critical temperature, T-c, and resistive transitions versus the F-layer thickness, d(F), have been analyzed in Nb/Cu0.41Ni0.59/Nb and Nb/Pd0.81Ni0.19/Nb trilayers. We show that T-c(d(F)) dependence is sensitive to magnetic inhomogeneities in the F-layer for values of d(F) corresponding to thickness range where the pi-superconducting state is established.
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页码:445 / 449
页数:5
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