Superconducting Pinning by Magnetic Domains in a Ferromagnet-Superconductor Bilayer

• Authors: M. Cieplak , Z. Adamus , M. Konczykowski , X. Chen , A. Byczuk , A. Abal'oshev , H. Sang , C. Chien
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The local flux profile and the critical current are studied using an array of Hall sensors in a ferromagnetic-superconducting bilayer which consists of niobium film covering ferromagnetic Co/Pt multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The results indicate about threefold enhancement of the flux pinning in niobium layer caused by the isolated magnetic domains which are created during the magnetization reversal of the Co/Pt multilayer. The geometrical barrier is absent, and the critical current is strongly peaked in close vicinity to the sample center, suggesting that the critical state differs from that predicted by the Bean model.

Keywords

EN

74.25.Ha; 74.25.Qt; 74.78.Db; 74.78.Fk

Discipline

• 74.25.Ha: Magnetic properties including vortex structures and related phenomena(for vortices, magnetic bubbles, and magnetic domain structure, see 75.70.Kw)
• 74.78.Fk: Multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 693-698

Dates

published

2004-11

received

2004-06-06

Contributors

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M. Cieplak

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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Z. Adamus

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Konczykowski

• Laboratoire des Solides Irradies, CEA/DSM/DRECAM and CNRS-UMR 7642, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France

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X. Chen

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, 21218, USA

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A. Byczuk

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Abal'oshev

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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H. Sang

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, 21218, USA

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C. Chien

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, 21218, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.106.693