Fabrication and optical properties of ultrathin ferromagnet/superconductor metallic bilayers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART III, 2005, Pages 2942-2945

  Pepe, G P ^a   Parlato, L ^a   Latempa, R ^a   D'Acunto, P ^a   Marrocco, N ^a   De Lisio, C ^a   Altucci, C ^a   Peluso, G ^a   Barone, A ^a   Taneda, T ^b   Sobolewski, Roman ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Non equilibrium processes in superconductors; Proximity ferromagnet superconductor bilayers; Pump probe measurements; Ultrathin superconducting films

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; METALLIC FILMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES IN SUPERCONDUCTORS; PROXIMITY FERROMAGNET/SUPERCONDUCTOR BILAYERS; PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS; THERMOTRANSMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 22044447109     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.848667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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