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A polarity-dependent reversible change in the current-voltage characteristics between states corresponding to different values of the excess current ${{I}_{exc}}$ is observed for bias voltages of several hundred millivolts in…
The nature of the resistive transition for a current applied parallel to the magnetic field in high-Tc materials is investigated by numerical simulation on the three dimensional Josephson junction array model. It is shown by using finite…
This paper reveals the origin of variation in the magnitude and temperature dependence of the normal state resistivity frequently observed in different YBCO single crystal or thin film samples with the same $T_{c}$. We investigated…
Heteroepitaxially grown bilayers of ferromagnetic La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ (LCMO) on top of superconducting YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ (YBCO) thin films were investigated by focusing on electric transport properties as well as on magnetism and…
Josephson junctions with iron pnictides open the way for fundamental experiments on superconductivity in these materials and their application in superconducting devices. Here, we present hybrid Josephson junctions with a…
Proximity effects and pair currents were measured in epitaxial trilayer \textit{c-axis} junctions comprise of a $PrBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ barrier sandwiched in between an overdoped $Y_{0.94}Ca_{0.06}Ba_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ and underdoped…
Using a $30\,\mathrm{keV}$ focused He ion beam (He-FIB) with a wide range of irradiation doses $D=100$ to $1000\,\mathrm{ions/nm}$ we fabricated Josephson and resistive barriers within microbridges of epitaxially grown single crystalline…
Resistance drift in phase change materials is characterized in amorphous phase change memory line-cells from 300 K to 125 K range and is observed to follow the previously reported power-law behavior with drift coefficients in the 0.07 to…
Striking features have been found in the nonlinear microwave (8 GHz) surface impedance $Z_s=R_s + jX_s$ of high-quality YBaCuO thin films with comparable low power characteristics [$R_{res}\sim 35--60 \mu\Omega$ and $\lambda_L(15 K)\sim…
The electrical resistivity of polycrystalline Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10-x (Bi-2223) was measured vs. applied magnetic fields up to 0.45 T, applied currents up to 1 A, and temperature from liquid nitrogen temperature (LN2) to room temperature. In the…
Critical temperature regions for resistive switching were found based on HfAlO resistive switching memory. From 5 K to 300 K, the resistive switching appears at 60 K, and then a reversible bipolar switching between the two states is…
High-performance non-volatile resistive random access memories (ReRAM) and their small stimuli control are of immense interest for high-speed computation and big-data processing in the emergent Internet of Things (IOT) arena. Here, we…
The superconducting transition in a single overdoped, detwinned YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) crystal is studied using four different probes. Whereas the AC and DC magnetic susceptibilities find a dominant transition at 88 K with a smaller effect near…
Using an optimized bridge geometry we have been able to make accurate measurements of the properties of YBa2Cu3O7-delta grain boundaries above Tc. The results show a strong dependence of the change of resistance with temperature on grain…
We report a significant change in friction of a $\rm La_{0.55}Ca_{0.45}MnO_3$ thin film measured as a function of the materials resistive state under ultrahigh vacuum conditions at room temperature by friction force microscopy. While…
The linear dynamic response of the two-dimensional (2D) vortex medium in ultrathin YBa_2Cu_3O_7 films was studied by measuring their ac sheet impedance Z over a broad range of frequencies \omega. With decreasing temperature the dissipative…
We report on a photo-induced transient state of YBa2Cu2O6+x in which transport perpendicular to the Cu-O planes becomes highly coherent. This effect is achieved by excitation with mid-infrared optical pulses, tuned to the resonant frequency…
A systematic study of the weak- link behavior for YBa2Cu3O7-d polycrystalline samples has been done using the electrical resistivity and AC susceptibility techniques.The experiments were performed with two samples of similar grain, a sample…
We have characterized the vertical transport properties of epitaxial layered structures composed of Pr$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ (PCMO) sandwiched between SrRuO$_{3}$ (SRO) bottom electrode and several kinds of top electrodes such as SRO,…
The electronic transport properties and the magnetic susceptibility were measured in detail in $YBaCo_2O_{5.45}$. Close to the so-called metal-insulator transition, strong effects of resistance relaxation, a clear thermal hysteresis and a…