Expanding the operational temperature window of a superconducting spin valve

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Hauptverfasser: Kamashev, A. A., Garif'yanov, N. N., Validov, A. A., Kataev, V., Osin, A. S., Fominov, Ya. V., Garifullin, I. A.
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author Kamashev, A. A.
Garif'yanov, N. N.
Validov, A. A.
Kataev, V.
Osin, A. S.
Fominov, Ya. V.
Garifullin, I. A.
author_facet Kamashev, A. A.
Garif'yanov, N. N.
Validov, A. A.
Kataev, V.
Osin, A. S.
Fominov, Ya. V.
Garifullin, I. A.
contents To increase the efficiency of the superconducting spin valve (SSV), special attention should be paid to the choice of ferromagnetic materials for the F1/F2/S SSV multilayer. Here, we report the preparation and the superconducting properties of the SSV heterostructures where Pb is used as the superconducting S layer. In the magnetic part of the structure, we use the same starting material, the Heusler alloy Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Al$_{y}$, for both F1 and F2 layers. We utilize the tunability of the magnetic properties of this alloy, which, depending on the deposition conditions, forms either an almost fully spin-polarized half-metallic F1 layer or a weakly ferromagnetic F2 layer. We demonstrate that the combination of the distinct properties of these two layers boosts the generation of the long-range triplet component of the superconducting condensate in the fabricated SSV structures and yields superior values of the triplet spin-valve effect of more than 1 K and of the operational temperature window of the SSV up to 0.6 K.
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spellingShingle Expanding the operational temperature window of a superconducting spin valve
Kamashev, A. A.
Garif'yanov, N. N.
Validov, A. A.
Kataev, V.
Osin, A. S.
Fominov, Ya. V.
Garifullin, I. A.
Superconductivity
To increase the efficiency of the superconducting spin valve (SSV), special attention should be paid to the choice of ferromagnetic materials for the F1/F2/S SSV multilayer. Here, we report the preparation and the superconducting properties of the SSV heterostructures where Pb is used as the superconducting S layer. In the magnetic part of the structure, we use the same starting material, the Heusler alloy Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Al$_{y}$, for both F1 and F2 layers. We utilize the tunability of the magnetic properties of this alloy, which, depending on the deposition conditions, forms either an almost fully spin-polarized half-metallic F1 layer or a weakly ferromagnetic F2 layer. We demonstrate that the combination of the distinct properties of these two layers boosts the generation of the long-range triplet component of the superconducting condensate in the fabricated SSV structures and yields superior values of the triplet spin-valve effect of more than 1 K and of the operational temperature window of the SSV up to 0.6 K.
title Expanding the operational temperature window of a superconducting spin valve
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17352