Bistability in a superconducting Al thin film induced by arrays of Fe-nanodot magnetic vortices.

نویسندگان

  • J E Villegas
  • C-P Li
  • Ivan K Schuller
چکیده

A hybrid system, consisting of an array of Fe nanodots covered by a superconducting Al thin film, exhibits very unusual magnetotransport, including a giant hysteretic magnetoresistance with different reversible or irreversible regimes related to the magnetic state of the array. These effects originate from the magnetic fields produced by magnetic nanodots in the "magnetic vortex state." This is a unique model system in which properties of a magnetic array are transferred into the superconductor.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 99 22  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007