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Ale Crivillero, M. V., M. L. Amigó, D. G. Franco, A. Badía-Majós, J. Guimpel, and G. Nieva. "In Plane Vortex Dynamic Anisotropy in the Iron Deficient Fe_{1-y}Se Superconductor." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 179, no. 1-2 (2015): 9–14.
Abstract: We present electrical transport measurements in the superconducting dissipative state of crystalline iron deficient Fe 1−y Se samples. These iron deficient samples were synthesized using NaCl/KCl flux and are characterized by the presence of correlated defects. The dissipation in electrical transport experiments, when the driving current is perpendicular or parallel to the crystal planes, depends strongly on the direction of the applied magnetic field , ( H=12 T), within the sample plane. There is a dissipation modulation each 60∘ due to the presence of the correlated defects. We correlate these angular dependent features with the variation of the critical currents ( Jc ) changing the direction of H confined in the crystals planes. Jc was measured from magnetization loops at fixed temperatures and angles of H always within the basal planes.
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Amigó, M. L., M. V. Ale Crivillero, D. G. Franco, J. Guimpel, and G. Nieva. "Influence of the Fe Concentration on the Superconducting Properties of Fe_{1-y}Se." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 179, no. 1-2 (2015): 15–20.
Abstract: We present a comparative study of electrical transport properties in the normal state and in the dissipative superconducting state between pure TeX -FeSe phase and Fe deficient Fe TeX Se crystals. We discuss the influence of the intergrowth of the magnetic hexagonal phase (Fe TeX Se TeX ) in Fe deficient samples when compared to pure TeX -FeSe samples. In the superconducting state, we measured the TeX -plane electrical resistivity with magnetic field up to 16 T and the electrical resistivity as a function of the angle between the TeX axis and the applied field. The angular dependence at fixed temperature below the superconducting critical temperature, TeX , is very different for both sets of crystals. The Fe deficient samples display a vortex pinning-related feature at TeX 57 TeX off the plane while the pure TeX -FeSe phase samples show the persistence of a strong angular-dependent magnetoresistance characteristic of the normal state electronic structure.
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Hofer, J. A., S. Bengio, G. Rozas, P. D. Pérez, M. Sirena, S. Suárez, and N. Haberkorn. "Compositional effects on the electrical properties of extremely disordered molybdenum oxynitrides thin films." Materials Chemistry and Physics 242 (2020): 122075.
Abstract: Molybdenum oxynitride (MoNxOy) thin films were grown by reactive sputtering on Si (100) substrates at room temperature. The partial pressure of Ar was fixed at 90%, and the remaining 10% was adjusted with mixtures N2:O2 (varying from pure N2 to pure O2). The electrical properties of the films depend on the chemical composition. Thin films grown using mixtures up to 2% O2 have γ-Mo2N phase and display superconductivity. The superconducting critical temperature Tc reduces from ∼6.8 K to below 3.0 K as the oxygen increases. On the other hand, the films are mostly amorphous for gas mixtures above 2% O2. The electrical conductivity shows a semiconductor-like behavior well described by variable-range hopping conduction. The analysis of the optical properties reveals that the samples do not have a defined semiconductor bandgap, indicating that the high structural disorder produces electron excitation for a wide range of energies.
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Hofer, J. A., and N. Haberkorn. "Flux flow velocity instability and quasiparticle relaxation time in nanocrystalline β-W thin films." Thin Solid Films 730 (2021): 138690.
Abstract: We characterized the superconducting properties of a micropatterned 23 nm thick β-W film using electrical transport measurements in magnetic fields. The film is nanocrystalline and displays a smooth surface. The superconducting critical temperature is 4.6 K. The critical current densities display a fast drop with the magnetic field, indicating weak vortex pinning. From the analysis of the instability in the vortex motion at low magnetic fields in the flux-flow state, we observe vortex velocities up 800 m/s. An inelastic lifetime of quasiparticles around 0.6 ns is estimated at low temperatures. Together with high uniformity in thickness and simplicity in the fabrication process, the superconducting properties make β-W films promising for applications in fast single-photon detectors.
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