Abstract. The upper critical magnetic field H c2 in thin-film FSF trilayer spinvalve cores is studied experimentally and theoretically in geometries perpendicular and parallel to the heterostructure surface. The series of samples with variable thicknesses d F1 of the bottom and d F2 of the top Cu 41 Ni 59 F-layers are prepared in a single run, utilizing a wedge deposition technique. The critical field H c2 is measured in the temperature range 0.4 − 8 K and for magnetic fields up to 9 Tesla. A transition from oscillatory to reentrant behavior of the superconducting transition temperature versus F-layers thickness, induced by an external magnetic field, has been observed for the first time. In order to properly interpret the experimental data, we develop a quasiclassical theory, enabling one to evaluate the temperature dependence of the critical field and the superconducting transition temperature for an arbitrary set of the system parameters. A fairly good agreement between our experimental data and theoretical predictions is demonstrated for all samples, using a single set of fit parameters. This confirms adequacy of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) physics in determining the unusual superconducting properties of the studied Cu 41 Ni 59 /Nb/Cu 41 Ni 59 spin-valve core trilayers.Experimental and theoretical analysis of the upper critical field in FSF trilayers 2
The work is devoted to the study of the processes of formation of multilayer nanostructures, their vacuum deposition, and the manufacture of a novel functional element of spintronics - superconducting spin valve, which is a multilayer structure consisting of ferromagnetic cobalt nanolayers separated by superconductor niobium films. Multilayer nanostructures are fabricated by magnetron sputtering on (111) silicon substrates at a temperature of 300K. The prototypes of the superconducting spin valve are prepared from multilayer nanostructures by the method of sharp focus reactive ion etching (FIB). Modeling was carried out using molecular dynamics methods.
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