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<strong>Anomalous Critical Field Dependence of Cr-Nb-Cr Trilayers on Niobium Thickness</strong>

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Title Statement <strong>Anomalous Critical Field Dependence of Cr-Nb-Cr Trilayers on Niobium Thickness</strong>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Baskaran, R ; Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Department of Atomic Energy, Kalpakkam-603102
Vaidhyanathan, L S ; Materials Science Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), HBNI, Kalpakkam -603 102, India
Baisnab, D K ; UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research (CSR) Kalpakkam Node, Kokilamedu,Tamil Nadu -603 104 India
Chakravarty, Sujay ; UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research (CSR) Kalpakkam Node, Kokilamedu,Tamil Nadu -603 104 India
IGCAR,Kalpakkam
 
Uncontrolled Index Term condensed matter physics and superconductivity
Superconductivity, Thin films, Magnetoresistance, Upper critical field, Proximity effect, Antiferromagetism
 
Summary, etc. Cr-Nb-Cr trilayer thin films were deposited using DC/RF sputtering with Cr layer thickness maintained at 7.5 nm and Nb thickness varying from 30 nm to 229 nm, in order to study the interplay of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity. Various viewpoints have been expressed in the literature with respect to analyzing the anomalous properties that have been identified in superconductor/magnetic thin films. The study of Cr-Nb-Cr thin films were taken up to identify the existence of similar anomalous superconducting properties on account of antiferromagnetic-superconductor interfaces. X-ray reflectivity measurements showed high quality of thin film structure with minimum surface and interface roughness. Transport measurements down to 2K were carried out in the presence of magnetic fields up to 2 T applied perpendicular to the trilayers to deduce Tc. The suppression of Tc due to Cr layer is larger than proximity effect of similar metal films. It could be explained by proximity effect using antiferromagnetic Cr layer. Upper critical field measurements show a distinct non<br />monotonic dependence of upper critical magnetic field and the slope on Nb layer thickness. The analysis due to WHH theory to deduce upper critical fields for the trilayer thin films studied did not match with experimental values. Although studies performed on Cr-Nb-Cr trilayers did not show any anomaly in Tc, it clearly showed a depression of Tc much larger<br />than proximity effect, non monotonic behavior in Bc2(0) and dBc2/dTc behavior with Nb layer thickness.
 
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