Properties of Josephson junctions in the inhomogeneous magnetic field of a system of ferromagnetic particles

The effect of an array of ferromagnetic nanoparticles on the field-dependent critical current of the short overlap Josephson junction is experimentally studied. Large reversible variations of the maximum critical current are observed depending on the magnetic state of the particles. The pronounced commensurability effects are detected which are proved by the additional peaks of magnetic field induced diffraction pattern.     

Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs layers: Effects of laser annealing

The properties of Mn-doped GaAs layers grown by laser deposition were investigated with measurements of Hall effect and magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). The electrical and magnetic parameters of the layers were defined by growth temperature and quantity of sputtered Mn. It was shown that room-temperature ferromagnetism is revealed by MOKE and, after ruby laser 25 ns pulse annealing, by Hall effect measurements.     

Absorption Spectra of Single Crystals and Optical Ceramics of Fluorite in the THz and IR Ranges

Doklady Physics - Transmission spectra of a single crystal and artificial and natural ceramics of fluorite have been obtained in the transparency regions of the material in the THz and mid-IR...     

Design of the New Control System for Linac-200

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - The construction of an experimental facility with test electron beams is under way at the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at the Joint Institute...     

Induced emission from Cd<Subscript>x</Subscript>Hg<Subscript>1−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Te at a wavelength of 3400 nm at 77 K

The results are reported on the observation of the induced emission from Cd_xHg_1?x Te samples optically pumped by a pulsed Nd:YAG laser at temperatures T<77 K. In the wave range λ～ 3300–3600 nm, both stimulated and spontaneous emission were observed. The experimentally measured emission spectra are analyzed. The properties of the spectra from the samples are discussed and the possible applications are considered.     

Study of the Nonlinear Response of Superconductors in the Microwave Band Using a Local Technique

Using a local technique, we study the microwave radiation power P₃(T,P,H_dc) at the triple frequency of the main signal as a function of the temperature T, the input power P, and the external magnetic field H_dc perpendicular to the superconductor surface for YBa₂Cu₃O₇ (YBCO) films, monocrystals, and polycrystals and for Nb films. The most distinctive feature of the temperature dependence P₃(T) of nonlinear response of superconductors is a maximum of the nonlinearity near the critical temperature T_c. Spatial distributions of the third-harmonic power are obtained for YBCO films at various temperatures. These distributions are indicative of a nonuniform distribution of T_c over the superconductor surface. Additional nonlinearity maxima are discovered in the dependence P₃(T) for YBCO films and monocrystals at temperatures about 2T_c/3. These maxima are probably related to the existence of several superconducting phases with different critical temperatures. For Nb films, the second nonlinearity maximum in the dependence P₃(T) appears only in the presence of an external magnetic field. The experimental data are interpreted within the framework of a two-fluid model of a superconductor, which takes into account the phenomenological nonlinear relationship between the vector potential A and the supercurrent j_s(A). The origin of nonlinearity in the studied superconductors is discussed.     

Two-band BCS mechanism of superconductivity in a Ba(Fe0.9Co0.1)2As2 high-temperature superconductor

Terahertz and infrared spectra of the conductivity, σ(ν), and dielectric constant, ?(ν), of a Ba(Fe_0.9Co_0.1)₂As₂ film (T _c = 20 K) have been analyzed together with previous specific-heat and angular resolved photoelectron spectroscopy data. It has been shown that the spectra σ(ν) and ?(ν) of Ba(Fe_0.9Co_0.1)₂As₂ in the superconducting phase at T = 5 K, as well as the magnetic field penetration depth, can be described well using the standard Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) model with an additive contribution of electron and hole bands. It has been found that the measured temperature dependence of the magnetic field penetration depth in a wide temperature range 5 K < T < T _c can be described only with the introduction of interband pairing interaction. The coupling constant of electron and hole bands, λ_{1, 2} = 0.1, as well as the temperature dependences of superconducting gaps in the electron and hole subsystems, has been determined using the model of two-band superconductivity developed earlier for MgB₂.     

Effect of the microstructure of epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 − x films on their electrophysical and nonlinear microwave properties

The local nonlinear microwave response of YBa₂Cu₃O_{7 ? x} films was measured by near-zone field microscopy with a spatial resolution of 50 μm, and YBa₂Cu₃O_{7 ? x} film microbridges were locally studied by low-temperature scanning microscopy with a spatial resolution of 4 μm. The microstructure of epitaxial YBa₂Cu₃O_{7 ? x} films was examined using x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. A correlation is detected between the average crystallite size and the half-widths of the temperature dependences of the third-harmonic power (W _TH) and the electron-beam-induced voltage (W _EBIV). The experimental results are described in terms of a model of a two-phase medium taking into account the nonlinear I-V characteristic of the superconductor. For large crystallites, the nonlinear microwave response is shown to be caused by intracrystallite vortex pinning. As the average crystallite size decreases, an additional contribution to the nonlinear response appears due to the pinning of a magnetic flux by the Josephson network of crystallite boundaries. Calculations show that a three-fold increase in the crystallite size decreases the nonlinearity coefficient of YBa₂Cu₃O_{7 ? x} films by two orders of magnitude.     

Magnetic field and currents in HTSC films

Magnetic field measurements above type-II superconductor films in a remanent magnetization state have been used to determine two dimensional surface current distributions. Using the Biot-Savart law for the surface current density, integral equations (of 2-D convolution type) for two components of current have been obtained. These equations have been solved by employing Tikhonov's method of generalized discrepancy, and the surface current pattern in superconductors as well as the magnetic field distribution on the film surface have been obtained. Current peculiarities related to various kinds of inhomogeneities, specific character of the film form, and a laser pulse effect have been observed. In particular, it was discovered that a laser pulse can signficantly redistribute the film currents without changing the total number of current vortices in the film.