Double percolation effects and fractal behavior in magnetic/superconducting hybrids

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy ferromagnetic/superconducting (FM/SC) bilayers with a labyrinth domain structure are used to study nucleation of superconductivity on a fractal network, tunable through magnetic history. As clusters of reversed domains appear in the FM layer, the SC film shows a per...

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Autores: Ruiz Valdepenas, L., Vélez, M., Valdés Bango, F., Álvarez Prado, L.M., Martin, J. I., Navarro Palma, Elena, Alameda, J.M., Vicent López, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/35527
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Superconducting properties
Temperature-dependence
Mixed-state
Thin-films
Dimensionality
Anisotropy
Exponents
Networks
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy ferromagnetic/superconducting (FM/SC) bilayers with a labyrinth domain structure are used to study nucleation of superconductivity on a fractal network, tunable through magnetic history. As clusters of reversed domains appear in the FM layer, the SC film shows a percolative behavior that depends on two independent processes: the arrangement of initial reversed domains and the fractal geometry of expanding clusters. For a full labyrinth structure, the behavior of the upper critical field is typical of confined superconductivity on a fractal network.