Considerable enhancement of the critical current in a superconducting   film by magnetized magnetic strip
  We show that a magnetic strip on top of a superconducting strip magnetized in a specified direction may considerably enhance the critical current in the sample. At fixed magnetization of the magnet we observed diode effect - the value of the critical current depends on the direction of the transport current. We explain these effects by a influence of the nonuniform magnetic field induced by the magnet on the current distribution in the superconducting strip. The experiment on a hybrid Nb/Co structure confirmed the predicted variation of the critical current with a changing value of magnetization and direction of the transport current. 
D. Y. Vodolazov, B. A. Gribkov, S. A. Gusev, A. Yu. Klimov, Yu. N.   Nozdrin, V. V. Rogov, S. N. Vdovichev