Extreme magnetic anisotropy and multiple superconducting transition signatures in a [Nb(23 nm)/Ni(5 nm)]5 multilayer

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 468, Issue 7-10, 2008, Pages 523-530

  De Long, L E ^a   Kryukov, S A ^a   Joshi, Amish G ^a,b   Xu, Wentao ^a   Bosomtwi, A ^a   Kirby, B J ^c,d   Fitzsimmons, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic multilayers; Mesoscopic superconductors; Neutron reflectometry; Superconducting critical field; Superconducting multilayers; Superconducting phase diagrams

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SQUIDS;

MESOSCOPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS; NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; SUPERCONDUCTING CRITICAL FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MULTILAYERS; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE DIAGRAMS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 44449161281     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.073     Document Type: Article

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