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Dipolar interactions in superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures

Jaime E. Santos, Erwin Frey, Franz Schwabl

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.054439 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We consider a simple model for a superlattice composed of a thin magnetic film placed between two bulk superconductors. The magnetic film is modeled by a planar but otherwise arbitrary distribution of magnetic dipoles and the superconductors are treated in the London approximation. Due to the linearity of the problem, we are able to compute the magnetic energy of the film in the presence of the superconductors. We show that for wave vectors that are much larger than the inverse London penetration depth, the magnetic energy is unchanged with respect to the film in free space, whereas in the case of small wave numbers compared to the inverse London penetration depth, the magnetic energy resembles the energy of a distribution of magnetization in a two-dimensional space. Possible experimental applications of these results are discussed.

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