Percolation Effects in Composites Superconductor – Ferromagnetic Half-Metal

2014 
We investigated transport characteristics of composite that consist of the superconductor MgB2 and ferromagnetic half-metallic nanoparticles La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (LCMO). The experiments were carried out in a wide temperature range with different volume content of the magnetic impurity. It was found that over 25% of the impurity manganite breaches percolation paths of the diboride magnesium. This leads to a considerable broadening of the MgB2 superconducting transition and the formation of the network of contacts through the ferromagnetic inclusions. This result shows the possibility of the spin - activated surface realization on the superconductor - manganite boundary. It's allowing the free transition of Cooper pairs with s wave symmetry of the order parameter in a ferromagnet with 100% spin-polarized carriers.
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