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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.024513
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In a superconducting spin switch consisting of ferromagnet-superconductor-ferromagnet (FSF) triple layers, the superconducting transition temperature T-c can be controlled by switching the individual magnetization directions of the F layers from parallel (P) to antiparallel (AP) orientation. Here we study this effect on a Nb layer sandwiched between two ferromagnetic Co/Pt multilayers (ML) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The coercive fields of the top and bottom ML are different so that a P or AP orientation of the F magnetizations can be easily achieved. T-c is considerably higher in the P configuration when compared to the AP configuration. By comparison with a sample, where an insulating oxide layer is introduced between F and S on both sides of the S layer we confirm that the T-c difference is due to the proximity effect. FSF triple layers with out-of-plane anisotropy may have potential applications in ultrahigh-density magnetic recording.
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