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Quasiperiodic metallic multilayers: Growth and superconductivity

M. G. Karkut, J. -M. Triscone, D. Ariosa, Ø. Fischer

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.34.4390 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We have magnetron-sputtered a series of Mo-V superlattices which have a quasiperiodic layering in the growth direction. We have used the Fibonacci series as the generating rule for the nearly periodic structures and have verified their structure using high-angle x-ray diffractometry. The superconducting transition temperatures slowly increase as a function of the quasiperiodic wavelength ΛF, while the initial upper-critical-field slopes parallel to the films decrease with increasing wavelength, and the parallel upper-critical-field curves Hc2∥ display a two-dimensional behavior that is not consistent with current ideas about critical-field behavior in multilayers.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
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2.39Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Mo-V

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2.94Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Mo-V

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3.3Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Mo-V

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3.68Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Mo

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0.62Pressure not reportedunknown

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