Realisation of de Gennes${}^{\prime }$ Absolute Superconducting Switch with a Heavy Metal Interface

Hisakazu Matsuki, Alberto Hijano, Grzegorz P. Mazur +13

In 1966, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes proposed a non-volatile mechanism for switching superconductivity on and off in a magnetic device. This involved a superconductor (S) sandwiched be…