Inverse proximity effect in superconductors near ferromagnetic material
Abstract
We study the electronic density of states in a mesoscopic superconductor near a transparent interface with a ferromagnetic metal. In our tunnel spectroscopy experiment, a substantial density of states is observed at sub-gap energies close to a ferromagnet. We compare our data with detailed calculations based on the Usadel equation, where the effect of the ferromagnet is treated as an effective boundary condition. We achieve an excellent agreement with theory when non-ideal quality of the interface is taken into account.
- Publication:
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EPL (Europhysics Letters)
- Pub Date:
- November 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1209/epl/i2001-00561-8
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0102367
- Bibcode:
- 2001EL.....56..590S
- Keywords:
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- 74.50.+r;
- Tunneling phenomena;
- point contacts weak links Josephson effects;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
- E-Print:
- revised, 7 pages, 3 figures