The dependence of vortex dynamics on the geometry of magnetic domain pattern is studied in the superconducting/ferromagnetic bilayers, in which niobium is a superconductor, and Co/Pt multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy serves as a ferrromagnetic layer. Magnetic domain patterns with different density of domains per surface area and different domain size, w, are obtained for Co/Pt with different thickness of Pt. The dense patterns of domains with the size comparable to the magnetic penetration depth (w≥λ) produce large vortex pinning and smooth vortex penetration, while less dense patterns with larger domains (w ≫ λ) enhance pinning less effectively and result in flux jumps during flux motion.
An array of miniature Hall sensors is used to study the magnetic flux penetration in a ferromagnetic/superconducting bilayer consisting of Nb as a superconducting layer and Co/Pt multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy as a ferromagnetic layer, separated by an amorphous Si layer to avoid the proximity effect. It is found that the magnetic domains in the ferromagnetic layer create a large edge barrier in the superconducting layer which delays flux penetration. The smooth flux profiles observed in the absence of magnetic pinning change into terraced profiles in the presence of domains.
In this work we study the growth, by pulsed laser deposition, of YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ} (YBCO) films on the CeO_2-buffered R-cut sapphire substrates, with the buffer layer recrystallized prior to the deposition of superconductor. We find that the superconducting critical temperature and the critical current density of the films are very close to similar parameters for the YBCO films grown on lattice-matched single crystalline substrates. It appears that the structural defects in the buffer layer affect the microstructure of YBCO films, resulting in high values of the critical current density, suitable for applications.
The behavior of vortex pinning induced by the magnetic domain reversal is studied in the ferromagnet/superconductor bilayers in which superconducting film is niobium and the ferromagnetic layers are the Co/Pt superlattices with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The local magnetic field across narrow ferromagnet/superconductor bilayer stripe is measured using a line of miniature Hall sensors. The pinning is studied for samples with different amount of repeats of Co/Pt superlattice, and as a function of temperature.
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