Abstract
Superconductor—ferromagnet—superconductor (SFS) π- junctions1 were investigated experimentally. The transitions to π-state and back to the conventional 0-state were found to result from temperature decrease or ferromagnetic interlayer thickness increase. Thickness dependence of the critical current was studied and nonmonotonic behavior was observed. The SF-proximity effect was also examined on SF-bilayers. It is shown that, due to the spatial oscillations of the induced superconducting order parameter in the ferromagnet, the critical temperature of the SF-bilayer has a minimum when the thickness of the ferromagnetic layer is close to a quarter of the oscillation period. PACS numbers: 74.50.+r, 85.25.Cp.
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