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Title: Effect of nearby Pearl vortices upon the Ic versus B characteristics of planar Josephson junctions in thin and narrow superconducting strips

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

In this paper I show how to calculate the effect of a nearby Pearl vortex or antivortex upon the critical current I{sub c}(B) when a perpendicular magnetic induction B is applied to a planar Josephson junction in a long, thin, superconducting strip of width W much less than the Pearl length {Lambda} = 2{lambda}2/d, where {lambda} is the London penetration depth and d is the thickness (d < {lambda}). The theoretical results provide a qualitative explanation of unusual features recently observed experimentally by Golod et al. [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 227003 (2010)] in a device with a similar geometry.

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1037856
Report Number(s):
IS-J 7638; TRN: US1201709
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 84, Issue 13; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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