Superconducting fluctuation effect on epitaxially layered films of superconductor NbN and half-metallic Heusler alloy CoMnSi

重田 出*; Oku, Shuta*; 窪田 崇秀*; 木村 尚次郎*; 関 剛斎*; 篠崎 文重*; 淡路 智*; 高梨 弘毅; 廣井 政彦*

AIP Advances (Internet), 13(2), p.025116_1 - 025116_5, 2023/02

https://doi.org/10.1063/9.0000584

Superconducting properties were investigated in epitaxially layered films consisting of superconductor NbN and half-metallic Heusler alloy CoMnSi(CMS). Temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity (T) was measured by applying perpendiar magnetic fields to the surface of NbN/CMS films. With the increase of the CMS thickness , the upper critical field H decreased monotonically, but the superconducting transition temperature T had the minimum of 10.1 K at 5 nm. The T behavior was in qualitative agreement with the theory of the -coupling. The pair-breaking parameter determined by the superconducting fluctuation theory took the maximum at = 35 nm, which would be related to the minimum of . The experimental results reveal that the superconductivity of the NbN layer in NbN/CMS films is affected by the interplay between the superconducting NbN layer and the half-metallic CMS layer.