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Strong effect of crystal structure on the proximity effect between a superconductor and monolayer of cobalt

Mougel, Loic 1; Buhl, Patrick M.; Li, Qili 1; Müller, Anika 1; Yang, Hung-Hsiang 1; Verstraete, Matthieu J.; Simon, Pascal; Dupé, Bertrand; Wulfhekel, Wulf 1
1 Physikalisches Institut (PHI), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

We present an unexpectedly strong influence of the proximity effect between the bulk Ru(0001) superconductor and atomically thin layers of Co on the crystal structure of the latter. The Co monolayer grows in two different modifications, such as hcp stacking and a reconstructed e-like phase. While hcp islands show a weak proximity effect on Co and a little suppression of superconductivity in the substrate next to it, the more complex e-like stacking becomes almost fully superconducting. We explain the weak proximity effect between Ru and hcp Co and the rather abrupt jump of the superconducting order parameter by a low transparency of the interface. In contrast, the strong proximity effect without a jump of the order parameter in the e-like phase indicates a highly transparent interface. This work highlights that the proximity effect between a superconductor and a normal metal strongly depends on the crystal structure of the interface, which allows to engineer the proximity effect in hybrid structures.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000154628
Veröffentlicht am 10.12.2023
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0130313
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Physikalisches Institut (PHI)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0003-6951, 1077-3118
KITopen-ID: 1000154628
Erschienen in Applied Physics Letters
Verlag American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Band 121
Heft 23
Seiten Art.Nr. 231605
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 09.12.2022
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