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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Microwave Properties of Nb/PdNi/Nb Trilayers

Carla CirilloCarmine AttanasioKostiantyn TorokhtiiEnrico SilvaE. A. IlyinaStefano SartiNicola PompeoCarlo Meneghini

subject

SuperconductivityMaterials scienceStrongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)Condensed matter physicsCondensed Matter - SuperconductivityFOS: Physical sciencesDielectric resonatorSputter depositionCondensed Matter PhysicsVortex stateElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMagnetic fieldSuperconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated ElectronsFerromagnetismElectrical resistivity and conductivityMicrowave

description

We combine wideband (1-20 GHz) Corbino disk and dielectric resonator (8.2 GHz) techniques to study the microwave properties in Nb/PdNi/Nb trilayers, grown by UHV dc magnetron sputtering, composed by Nb layers of nominal thickness $d_S$=15 nm, and a ferromagnetic PdNi layer of thickness $d_F$= 1, 2, 8 and 9 nm. We focus on the vortex state. Magnetic fields up to $H_{c2}$ were applied. The microwave resistivity at fixed $H/H_{c2}$ increases with $d_F$, eventually exceeding the Bardeen Stephen flux flow value.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-012-1795-7