Imprinting nanoporous alumina patterns into the magneto-transport of oxide superconductors

Nanotechnology. 2011 Feb 18;22(7):075302. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/7/075302. Epub 2011 Jan 14.

Abstract

We used oxygen ion irradiation to transfer the nanoscale pattern of a porous alumina mask into high-T(C) superconducting thin films. This causes a nanoscale spatial modulation of superconductivity and strongly affects the magneto-transport below T(C), which shows a series of periodic oscillations reminiscent of the Little-Parks effect in superconducting wire networks. This irradiation technique could be extended to other oxide materials in order to induce ordered nanoscale phase segregation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't