Magneto-optical imaging; Superconducting thin films; magnetic shielding
Abstract :
[en] Quantitative magneto-optical imaging of a type-II superconductor thin film cooled under zero, homogeneous, and inhomogeneous applied magnetic fields, indicates that the latter procedure leads to an enhancement of the screening
capacity. Such an observation is corroborated by both B-independent and B-dependent critical state model analyses.
Furthermore, repulsive (attractive) vortex-(anti)vortex interactions were found to have a decisive role in the shielding
ability, with initial states prepared with vortices resulting in a shorter magnetic flux front penetration depth than those
prepared with antivortices. The proposed strategy could be implemented to boost the performance of thin superconducting devices.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Chaves, D.A.D.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
de Araújo, I.M.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Carmo, D.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Colauto, F.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
de Oliveira, A.A.M.; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, Campus São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
de Andrade, A.M.H.; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Johansen, T.H.; Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Silhanek, Alejandro ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique expérimentale des matériaux nanostructurés
Ortiz, W.A.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Motta, M.; Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Language :
English
Title :
Enhancing the effective critical current density in a Nb superconducting thin film by cooling in an inhomogeneous magnetic field
Publication date :
2021
Journal title :
Applied Physics Letters
ISSN :
0003-6951
eISSN :
1077-3118
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, United States - New York
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