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Control of Both Superconducting Critical Temperature and Critical Current by Means of Electric-Field-Induced Reconfigurable Strain

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The controlled modification of superconductivity by any means is a long-standing issue in low-temperature physics. In this work, we present data on the control of the superconducting properties of conventional low critical-temperature (TC) Nb thin films with thickness (dNb) = 15 and 20 nm under application of reconfigurable strain, S induced by an external electric field, and Eex to a piezoelectric (PE) single crystal, namely (1 − x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 − x PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) with x = 0.30–0.31. The experimental results (reduction of TC and critical current (JC) on the order of 6% and 90–100%, respectively) are nicely reproduced with a phenomenological model that incorporates the constitutive relation S(Eex) that describes the electro-mechanical response of the PE crystal to well-established formulas that describe TC and JC of the SC thin films.

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  1. In the rest of the paper, we set \(k_{\mathrm {B}} = \hbar = 1\) so that energy (E), frequency (ω), and temperature (T) all have the same units.

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One of the authors (M.Z.) acknowledges the A.G. Leventis Foundation for support through a scholarship.

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  1. Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, 153 10, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    M. Zeibekis, M. Pissas & D. Stamopoulos

  2. Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia

    S. J. Zhang

  3. Department of Solid State Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou Panepistimioupolis, 157 84, Zografou, Athens, Greece

    D. Stamopoulos

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Zeibekis, M., Zhang, S.J., Pissas, M. et al. Control of Both Superconducting Critical Temperature and Critical Current by Means of Electric-Field-Induced Reconfigurable Strain. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 3147–3152 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4588-9

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