Large tunable exchange fields due to purely paramagnetically limited domain wall superconductivity
Pushpak Banerjee, Pramod K. Sharma, Sonam Bhakat, Biswajit Dutta, Avradeep Pal
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L140502 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
The ability to apply and tune large magnetic fields locally is a crucial requirement for several devices, most notably for the detection and generation of Majorana fermions. Such a functionality can be achieved in superconductor (S)/ferromagnet (F) bilayers, where superconductivity is strengthened on top of domain walls due to local lowering of the proximity-induced effective exchange fields. By using niobium and ferromagnetic insulating (GdN) bilayers, and through detailed magnetotransport measurements, we demonstrate the phenomena of switching in and out of the domain wall superconducting phase in S/F bilayers by purely paramagnetic tuning of induced exchange fields. In the thinnest of niobium layers, we estimate that this tunability can be as high as 1.3 T with the application of in-plane external fields of a few milliteslas.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nb Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 4.2 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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