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SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aada2e
Keywords
proximity effect; superconductor-normal metal bilayer; single-photon detector
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- Russian Science Foundation [15-12-10020, 17-72-30036]
- Russian Science Foundation [18-12-17006] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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Developing the earlier results of Aslamazov et al (1986 Soy. Phys. JETP 64 1051) we perform a detailed study of the superconducting properties of a bilayer consisting of highly disordered superconducting (S) and low-resistive normal metal (N) films We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the screening and transport properties of such a SN bilayer can be considerably enhanced compared with the single S film. Such modification originates from the proximity-induced superconductivity in the N film and it is not related to enhanced vortex pinning in the SN hybrid. In particular, the coverage of superconducting NbN and MoN films by a thin Ag or Al layer is responsible for enhancing the diamagnetic response and the critical current I-c of the SN microbridge by several times and the appearance of the diode effect in a parallel magnetic field. Due to peculiar temperature dependence of I-c and the magnetic field penetration depth, such SN bilayers can be of potential interest for designing different types of superconducting bolometers and detectors.
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