Proximity Effects in Superconductor/Insulating-Ferromagnet NbN/GdN Multilayers
- 4 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (10) , 1727-1730
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.1727
Abstract
Superconductor/insulating-ferromagnet NbN/GdN multilayers reveal that the superconducting properties of the NbN layers are dominated by the insulating nature of the GdN layers, which curtail the pair-breaking effect despite the strong ferromagnetism. The effects of ferromagnetic walls on superconducting slabs have been captured. Very large parallel critical fields have also been observed.Keywords
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