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We report on the observation of novel features in the minor hysteresis loops in a clean crystal of NbSe_2 which displays a peak effect. The observed behavior can be explained in terms of a supercooling of the disordered vortex phase while…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Ravikumar

A number of recent experiments indicate that the iron-chalcogenide FeSe provides the long-sought possibility to study bulk superconductivity in the cross-over regime between the weakly coupled Bardeen--Cooper--Schrieffer (BCS) pairing and…

Spin Seebeck effect has been investigated in Pt/$\varepsilon$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ bilayers. The $\varepsilon$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ thin layer with $40-70$~nm thickness were deposited by a spin-coating method on Y:ZrO$_2$(100) substrates. The prepared layers…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-08 K. Knížek , M. Pashchenko , P. Levinský , O. Kaman , P. Jiříček , J. Hejtmánek , M. Soroka , J. Buršík

We report the observation of the superconducting proximity effect in nanoribbons of a candidate topological insulator (Bi2Se3) which is interfaced with superconducting (tungsten) contacts. We observe a supercurrent and multiple Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-08 Duming Zhang , Jian Wang , Ashley M. DaSilva , Joon Sue Lee , Humberto R. Gutierrez , Moses H. W. Chan , Jainendra Jain , Nitin Samarth

We consider the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_1T$ in superconductors with accidental nodes. We show that a Hebel-Slichter-like peak occurs even in the absence of an isotropic component of the superconducting gap. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-17 D. C. Cavanagh , B. J. Powell

We have studied the dependence of the superconducting (SC) transition temperature on the mutual orientation of magnetizations of Fe1 and Fe2 layers in the spin valve system CoO_x/Fe1/Cu/Fe2/Pb. We find that this dependence is nonmonotonic…

Spin-valve is a microelectronic device in which high and low resistance states are realized by utilizing both charge and spin of carriers. Spin-valve structures used in modern hard drive read-heads and magnetic random access memories…

We explore the ultrafast generation of spin currents in magnetic multilayer samples by applying fs laser pulses to one layer and measuring the magnetic response in the other layer by element-resolved x-ray spectroscopy. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-22 C. Stamm , C. Murer , M. S. Wörnle , Y. Acremann , R. Gort , S. Däster , A. H. Reid , D. J. Higley , S. F. Wandel , W. F. Schlotter , P. Gambardella

We theoretically study the transport properties of a supramolecular spin valve, consisting of a carbon nanotube with two attached magnetic molecules, weakly coupled to metallic contacts. The emphasis is put on analyzing the change of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-19 A. Plominska , I. Weymann

To augment the magnetoresistance (MR) ratio of n-type non-degenerate Si-based lateral spin valves (Si-LSVs), we modify the doping profile in the Si layer and introduce a larger local strain into the Si channel by changing a capping…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 H. Koike , S. Lee , R. Ohshima , E. Shigematsu , M. Goto , S. Miwa , Y. Suzuki , T. Sasaki , Y. Ando , M. Shiraishi

We report $^{195}$Pt nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on topological superconductor candidate YPtBi which has the broken inversion symmetry and topological non-trivial band structures due to the strong spin-orbit coupling(SOC).…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-01 Y. Z. Zhou , J. Chen , Z. X. Li , J. Luo , J. Yang , Y. F. Guo , W. H. Wang , R. Zhou , Guo-qing Zheng

Supercurrents in superconducting flux threaded loops are expected to oscillate with the magnetic flux with a period of hc/2e. This is indeed true for s-wave superconductors larger than the coherence length xi_0. Here we show that for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-16 Florian Loder , Arno P. Kampf , Thilo Kopp , Jochen Mannhart

Magnetic and magnetostrictive hysteresis loops of TbCo/CoFe multilayers under field applied along the hard magnetization axis are studied using vectorial magnetization measurements, optical deflectometry and magneto optical Kerr microscopy.…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 J. -Ph. Jay , F. Petit , J. Ben Youssef , M. V. Indenbom , A. Thiaville , J. Miltat

A spin-polarized superconducting condensate generates a net magnetization with measurable signatures. We present evidence for an intrinsic magnetic field in mesoscopic Fe(Te,Se) rings. The intrinsic field, encoded in the phase of…

The high Tc superconductor FeTe0.55Se0.45 has recently been shown to support a surface state with topological character. Here we use low-energy laser-based ARPES with variable light polarization, including both linear and circular…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-22 J. D. Rameau , N. Zaki , G. D. Gu , P. D. Johnson , M. Weinert

Quasi-static hysteresis loops of spherical and spheroidal magnetite nanoparticles with semi-axes ratio a/b = 1.5 and 2.0 with different types of combined magnetic anisotropy are calculated using numerical simulation. For particles of each…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 N. A. Usov , O. N. Serebryakova

The NiBi$_{3}$ compound exhibits a compelling interplay between superconductivity and magnetism, further enriched by topological characteristics that make it an exceptional platform for exploring emergent electronic phenomena. Here, we…

The magnetization reversal in a single molecular magnet (SMM) weakly coupled to an electrode with spin-dependent splitting of chemical potentials (spin bias) is theoretically investigated by means of the rate equation. A microscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-14 Hai-Zhou Lu , Bin Zhou , Shun-Qing Shen

In this study, we explore the influence of interlayer exchange coupling on magnetization reversal triggered by femtosecond laser pulses in ferromagnetic spin valves. Our experiments, focused on femtosecond laser-induced magnetization…

Efficient and fast manipulation of antiferromagnets has to date remained a challenging task, hindering their application in spintronic devices. For ultrafast operation of such devices, it is highly desirable to be able to control the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-31 Markus Weißenhofer , Francesco Foggetti , Ulrich Nowak , Peter M. Oppeneer