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Title: Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the relaxation dynamics in the bilayer thin film heterostructure composed of multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) and superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrate is studied by time-resolved pump-probe technique, and compared with that of pure YBCO thin film grown under the same growth conditions. The superconductivity of YBCO is found to be retained in the heterostructure. We observe a speeding up of the YBCO recombination dynamics in the superconducting state of the heterostructure, and attribute it to the presence of weak ferromagnetism at the BFO/YBCOinterface as observed inmagnetization data. An extension of the Rothwarf-Taylor model is used to fit the ultrafast dynamics of BFO/YBCO, that models an increased quasiparticle occupation of the ferromagnetic interfacial layer in the superconducting state of YBCO.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1335621
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1237987
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-28701
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science

Citation Formats

Springer, D., Nair, Saritha K., He, Mi, Lu, C. L., Cheong, S. A., Wu, T., Panagopoulos, C., Chia, Elbert E. M., and Zhu, Jianxin. Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064510.
Springer, D., Nair, Saritha K., He, Mi, Lu, C. L., Cheong, S. A., Wu, T., Panagopoulos, C., Chia, Elbert E. M., & Zhu, Jianxin. Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064510
Springer, D., Nair, Saritha K., He, Mi, Lu, C. L., Cheong, S. A., Wu, T., Panagopoulos, C., Chia, Elbert E. M., and Zhu, Jianxin. 2016. "Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064510. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335621.
@article{osti_1335621,
title = {Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers},
author = {Springer, D. and Nair, Saritha K. and He, Mi and Lu, C. L. and Cheong, S. A. and Wu, T. and Panagopoulos, C. and Chia, Elbert E. M. and Zhu, Jianxin},
abstractNote = {The temperature dependence of the relaxation dynamics in the bilayer thin film heterostructure composed of multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) and superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrate is studied by time-resolved pump-probe technique, and compared with that of pure YBCO thin film grown under the same growth conditions. The superconductivity of YBCO is found to be retained in the heterostructure. We observe a speeding up of the YBCO recombination dynamics in the superconducting state of the heterostructure, and attribute it to the presence of weak ferromagnetism at the BFO/YBCOinterface as observed inmagnetization data. An extension of the Rothwarf-Taylor model is used to fit the ultrafast dynamics of BFO/YBCO, that models an increased quasiparticle occupation of the ferromagnetic interfacial layer in the superconducting state of YBCO.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064510},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1335621}, journal = {Physical Review B},
issn = {2469-9950},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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