Controlling magnetic flux penetration in low-T C superconducting films and hybrids

F Colauto, M Motta, WA Ortiz - Superconductor Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In realistic situations, a typical scenario for applications of type II superconductors
necessarily includes vortices, usually in the presence of currents. Under these …

Speed limit to the Abrikosov lattice in mesoscopic superconductors

G Grimaldi, A Leo, P Sabatino, G Carapella, A Nigro… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We study the instability of the superconducting state in a mesoscopic geometry for the low
pinning material Mo 3 Ge characterized by a large Ginzburg-Landau parameter. We observe …

Improving critical current density of Nb3Sn by optimizing pinning potential of grain boundary and grain size

HX Ren, C Xue - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Improving critical current density of Nb3Sn by optimizing pinning potential of grain boundary
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Nucleation and propagation of thermomagnetic avalanches in thin-film superconductors

JI Vestgården, TH Johansen, YM Galperin - Low Temperature Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A very important feature of superconductors is the Meissner and Ochsenfeld effect—
expulsion of weak external magnetic fields, H, from their interior. Therefore, a …

Effect of hexagonal patterned arrays and defect geometry on the critical current of superconducting films

IA Sadovskyy, YL Wang, ZL **ao, WK Kwok, A Glatz - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Understanding the effect of pinning on the vortex dynamics in superconductors is a key
factor towards controlling critical current values. Large-scale simulations of vortex dynamics …

Dendritic instability in YBa2Cu3O7–δ films triggered by transient magnetic fields

M Baziljevich, E Baruch-El, TH Johansen… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Superconducting films of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7–δ are shown to become thermomagnetically
unstable when experiencing a time-varying perpendicular magnetic field. Using magneto …

Reversible ratchet effects for vortices in conformal pinning arrays

C Reichhardt, D Ray, CJO Reichhardt - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
A conformal transformation of a uniform triangular pinning array produces a structure called
a conformal crystal which preserves the sixfold ordering of the original lattice but contains a …

Quasiparticle Spectroscopy, Transport, and Magnetic Properties of Films Used in Superconducting Qubits

KR Joshi, S Ghimire, MA Tanatar, A Datta, JS Oh… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Niobium thin films on silicon substrate used in the fabrication of superconducting qubits
have been characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electrical …

Enhanced pinning for vortices in hyperuniform pinning arrays and emergent hyperuniform vortex configurations with quenched disorder

Q Le Thien, D McDermott, CJO Reichhardt… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Disordered hyperuniformity is a state of matter exhibiting both isotropic liquid-like properties
and crystalline-like properties such as minimal density fluctuations over long distances …

Magnetic flux penetration in Nb superconducting films with lithographically defined microindentations

J Brisbois, OA Adami, JI Avila, M Motta, WA Ortiz… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We present a thorough investigation by magneto-optical imaging of the magnetic flux
penetration in Nb thin films with lithographically defined border indentations. We …