Transport critical-current density of superconducting films with hysteretic ferromagnetic dots

Superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids present a rich and complex phenomenology. Particularly, a hysteretic behavior on the transport critical-current density, as a function of a uniform perpendicular applied field, has been experimentally found in superconducting films with some embedded ferromagnets....

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Autores: Del-Valle, Nuria|||0000-0003-2608-5009, Navau, Carles|||0000-0003-4763-5305, Sánchez Moreno, Álvaro|||0000-0002-2988-0289, Dinner, Rafael B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:204072
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/204072
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.4732314
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Applied field
Ferromagnetic dots
Ferromagnets
Hysteretic behavior
Iterative model
Transport critical current
Transport measurements
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Sumario:Superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids present a rich and complex phenomenology. Particularly, a hysteretic behavior on the transport critical-current density, as a function of a uniform perpendicular applied field, has been experimentally found in superconducting films with some embedded ferromagnets. Here we analyze the interaction superconductor-ferromagnets by means of an iterative model based on the critical-statemodel with field-dependent internal critical-current density and compare the results with actual transport measurements. By using arguments of field compensation, we show how the change in the magnetization of the ferromagnetic inclusions is responsible for the observed hysteresis on the transport critical current.