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Based on the proximity effect, the exchange interaction at the interface between a ferromagnetic insulator (FI) and a superconductor (S) could enhance the Zeeman splitting of the superconducting quasiparticle density of states. The superconducting electrons feel the exchange field on the surface of the S layer. Therefore, tuning the internal exchange field at the FI/S interface could switch the superconductor from a superconducting state to a normal state, leading to an infinite magnetoresistance in FI/S heterostructure. Here in this work, we fabricate the EuS/Ta heterojunction by the pulsed laser deposition, and perform the magnetotransport measurements. In the EuS/Ta heterojunction, Ta film as a typical BSC supercenter exhibits the superconducting transition under 3.6 K, and the EuS film is ferromagnetic under 20 K. The magnetization of EuS is suppressed by superconductivity of Ta at 0.01 T below 3 K. In addition, the butterfly-type hysteresis loop is observed at 2 K. And the decrease of the saturation magnetization of EuS/Ta heterostructure is observed by comparing with the EuS single layer. It is caused by a reconstruction of homogeneous ferromagnetic order in the EuS ferromagnetic layer due to the proximity effect with the Ta superconducting layer. The above measurement results show that the competition between the ferromagnetism of EuS film and superconductivity of Ta film below Tc of Ta film. If the exchange field of the FI is sufficiently strong, it tries to align the spins of the electrons of a Cooper pair in S layer parallel to each other, thus destroying the superconductivity. Meanwhile, the superconductivity in S layer will be recovered when the exchange field of the FI is weak. The resistance at a specific value of the magnetic field (1 T) steeply drops to zero, and clear hysteresis behavior is observed in EuS/Ta heterostructure, resulting in an infinite magnetoresistance up to 144000%, by tuning the internal exchange field at EuS/Ta interface. Meanwhile, the anomalous Hall effect with hysteresis behavior is observed at 2 K, indicating that the electron in Ta film is spin polarized due to the magnetic proximity effect near the EuS/Ta interface. Our results show that the EuS/Ta heterostructure with infinite magnetoresistance could be a good candidate for spintronic devices.
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Keywords:
- ferromagnetic insulator/superconductor heterostructure /
- exchange field /
- magnetoresistance
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图 1 EuS/Ta异质结结构以及输运测试示意图
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the EuS/Ta heterostructure geometry.
图 2 EuS/Ta异质结的电阻随温度的变化曲线; 插图为超导转变温度放大图
Figure 2. Resistance as a function of temperature for EuS/Ta heterostructure.Inset: zoom of R-T curve at low temperature range.
图 3 (a) EuS/Ta异质结的热磁曲线, 插图是低温区域的放大, 黑色箭头指向热磁曲线的拐点; (b) 2 K时EuS/Ta异质结和EuS单层膜的磁滞回线
Figure 3. (a) Magnetization of temperature dependence of the EuS/Ta heterostructure. Inset: zoom of M-T curve at low temperature, the black arrow marks the kick point of M-T curve with H = 0.01 T; (b) magnetic hysteresis loop of the EuS/Ta heterostructure and EuS single layer at 2 K, respectively.
图 4 EuS/Ta异质结的在2 K时的磁电阻和霍尔效应
Figure 4. MR and Hall effect as a function of field of EuS/Ta heterostructure at 2 K.
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[1] Deutscher G, de Gennes P G 1969 Superconductivity (Vols. 1 and 2) (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.) pp1005−1034
[2] Dotsch H, Bahlmann N, Zhuromskyy O, Hammer M, Wilkens L, Gerhardt R, Hertel P, Popkov A F 2005 J. Opt. Soc. Am. B:Opt. Phys. 22 240
Google Scholar
[3] de Gennes P G 1964 Rev. Mod. Phys. 36 225
Google Scholar
[4] de Gennes P G 1966 Phys. Lett. 23 10
Google Scholar
[5] Buzdin A I 2005 Rev. Mod. Phys. 77 935
Google Scholar
[6] Bergeret F S, Volkov A F, Efetov K B 2005 Rev. Mod. Phys. 77 1321
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Li X W 2005 Acta Phys. Sin. 54 2313
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[8] 金霞, 董正超, 梁志鹏, 仲崇贵 2013 物理学报 62 047401
Google Scholar
Jin X, Dong Z C, Liang Z P, Zhong C G 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 047401
Google Scholar
[9] Gu J Y, You C Y, Jiang J S, Pearson J, Bazaliy Y B, Bader S D 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 267001
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Zhang Y H 2009 Superconducting Physics (University of Science and Technology of China Press) p7 (in Chinese)
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Guo Z Z, Hu X B 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 057501
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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