The Route to Supercurrent Transparent Ferromagnetic Barriers in Superconducting Matrix

Yurii P. Ivanov, Soltan Soltan, Joachim Albrecht, Eberhard Goering, Gisela Schütz, Zaoli Zhang, Andrey Chuvilin

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

6 Scopus citations

Abstract

A ferromagnetic barrier thinner than the coherence length in high-temperature superconductors is realized in the multilayers of YBa2Cu3O7-δ and La0.67Ca0.33MnO3. We used epitaxial growth of YBCO on «110»SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition to prepare thin superconducting films with copper oxide planes oriented at an angle to the substrate surface. Subsequent deposition of LCMO and finally a second YBCO layer produces a superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor trilayer containing an ultrathin ferromagnetic barrier with sophisticated geometry at which the long axis of coherence length ovoid of YBCO is pointing across the LCMO ferromagnetic layer. A detailed characterization of this structure is achieved using high-resolution electron microscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5655-5661
Number of pages7
JournalACS Nano
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • epitaxial oxides
  • ferromagnetic oxide
  • high-temperature superconductor
  • quantum electronics
  • SFS junction

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The Route to Supercurrent Transparent Ferromagnetic Barriers in Superconducting Matrix'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this