Flux-closure pattern in a two-dimensional NbN–Fe superconductor-ferromagnet nanocomposite: Anisotropy of the angular magnetoresistance | Zendy

S. K. Bose | Zendy; R. C. Budhani | Zendy

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Flux-closure pattern in a two-dimensional NbN–Fe superconductor-ferromagnet nanocomposite: Anisotropy of the angular magnetoresistance

Author(s) -

S. K. Bose,

R. C. Budhani

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of applied physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1089-7550

pISSN - 0021-8979

DOI - 10.1063/1.3510590

Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , magnetoresistance , anisotropy , ferromagnetism , superconductivity , materials science , magnetic anisotropy , magnetic field , magnetic flux , flux (metallurgy) , polarization (electrochemistry) , field (mathematics) , physics , magnetization , chemistry , optics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , metallurgy

The angular dependence of magnetoresistance (MR) of distributed NbN–Fe–NbN Josephson-junctions in the out-of-plane and in-plane magnetic field geometries shows a striking anisotropy on the polarity of the current (I+/I−) and its direction with respect to the applied field. The origin of this anisotropy is suggested to be the difference in the degree of spin polarization of electrons injected from Fe nanoplaquettes into the superconducting NbN for I+ and I−. Such a conclusion is based on the topography of flux-closure domains in Fe plaquettes. The anisotropy of MR is suppressed at high fields as the flux-closure domains transform into a single-domain structure

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