Subscribe to the gold package and get unlimited access to Shamra Academy
Register a new userMagnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter in LiFeAs superconductor from Campbell penetration depth
229
0
0.0
(
0
)
Ask ChatGPT about the research
No Arabic abstract
A true critical current density, $j_{c}$, as opposite to commonly measured relaxed persistent (Bean) current, $j_{B}$, was extracted from the Campbell penetration depth, $lambda_{C}(T,H)$ measured in single crystals of LiFeAs. The effective pinning potential is non-parabolic, which follows from the magnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter $alpha$. At the equilibrium (upon field - cooling), $alpha(H)$ is non-monotonic, but it is monotonic at a finite gradient of the vortex density. This behavior leads to a faster magnetic relaxation at the lower fields and provides a natural emph{dynamic} explanation for the fishtail (second peak) effect. We also find the evidence for strong pinning at the lower fields. The inferred field dependence of the pinning potential is consistent with the evolution from strong pinning, through collective pinning and, eventually, to a disordered vortex lattice. The values of $j_{c}(2text{K}) simeq 2times10^{6}$ A/cm$^{2}$ provide an upper estimate of the current carrying capability of LiFeAs. Overall, vortex behavior of almost isotropic, fully-gapped LiFeAs is very similar to highly anisotropic d-wave cuprate superconductors, the similarity that requires further studies in order to understand unconventional superconductivity in cuprates and pnictides.
rate research
Read More
Magnetic penetration depth, $lambda_{m}$, was measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field in single crystals of low carrier density superconductor YPtBi by using a tunnel-diode oscillator technique. Measurements in zero DC magnetic field yield London penetration depth, $lambda_{L}left(Tright)$, but in the applied field the signal includes the Campbell penetration depth, $lambda_{C}left(Tright)$, which is the characteristic length of the attenuation of small excitation field, $H_{ac}$, into the Abrikosov vortex lattice due to its elasticity. Whereas the magnetic field dependent $lambda_C$ exhibit $lambda_{C}sim B^{p}$ with $p=1/2$ in most of the conventional and unconventional superconductors, we found that $papprox 0.23ll1/2$ in YPtBi due to rapid suppression of the pinning strength. From the measured $lambda_{C}(T,H)$, the critical current density is $j_{c}approx40,mathrm{A}/mathrm{cm^{2}}$ at 75 mK. This is orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional superconductors of comparable $T_{c}$. Since the pinning centers (lattice defects) and vortex structure are not expected to be much different in YPtBi, this observation is direct evidence of the low density of the Cooper pairs because $j_{c}propto n_s$.
Type-II superconductors owe their magnetic and transport properties to vortex pinning, the immobilization of flux quanta through material inhomogeneities or defects. Characterizing the potential energy landscape for vortices, the pinning landscape (or short, pinscape), is of great technological importance. Besides measurement of the critical current density $j_c$ and of creep rates $S$, the $ac$ magnetic response provides valuable information on the pinscape which is different from that obtained through $j_c$ or $S$, with the Campbell penetration depth $lambda_{rm scriptscriptstyle C}$ defining a characteristic quantity well accessible in an experiment. Here, we derive a microscopic expression for the Campbell penetration depth $lambda_{rm scriptscriptstyle C}$ using strong pinning theory. Our results explain the dependence of $lambda_{rm scriptscriptstyle C}$ on the state preparation of the vortex system and the appearance of hysteretic response. Analyzing different pinning models, metallic or insulating inclusions as well as $delta T_c$- and $delta ell$-pinning, we discuss the behavior of the Campbell length for different vortex state preparations within the phenomenological $H$-$T$ phase diagram and compare our results with recent experiments.
We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth in different quality polycrystalline samples of noncentrosymmetric LaNiC2 down to 0.05 K. This compound has no magnetic phases and breaks time-reversal symmetry. In our highest quality sample we observe a T^2 dependence below 0.4Tc indicative of nodes in the energy gap. We argue that previous results suggesting conventional s-wave behavior may have been affected by magnetic impurities.
We show on a few examples of one-band materials with spheroidal Fermi surfaces and anisotropic order parameters that anisotropies $gamma_H$ of the upper critical field and $gamma_lambda$ of the London penetration depth depend on temperature, the feature commonly attributed to multi-band superconductors. The parameters $gamma_H$ and $gamma_lambda$ may have opposite temperature dependencies or may change in the same direction depending on Fermi surface shape and on character of the gap nodes. For two-band systems, the behavior of anisotropies is affected by the ratios of bands densities of states, Fermi velocities, anisotropies, and order parameters. We investigate in detail the conditions determining the directions of temperature dependences of the two anisotropy factors.
Polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) provides evidence that nonlocal electrodynamics governs the magnetic field penetration in an extreme low-k superconductor. The sample is an indium film with a large elastic mean free path (11 mkm) deposited on a silicon oxide wafer. It is shown that PNR can resolve the difference between the reflected neutron spin asymmetries predicted by the local and nonlocal theories of superconductivity. The experimental data support the nonlocal theory, which predicts a nonmonotonic decay of the magnetic field.
Log in to be able to interact and post comments
comments
Fetching comments
Sign in to be able to follow your search criteria
