Thermal hysteresis of the Campbell response as a probe for bulk pinning landscape spectroscopy
Abstract
In type-II superconductors, the macroscopic response of vortex matter to an external perturbation depends on the local interaction of flux lines with the pinning landscape (pinscape). The (Campbell) penetration depth λC of an ac field perturbation is often associated with a phenomenological pinning curvature. However, this basic approach is unable to capture thermal hysteresis effects observed in a variety of superconductors. The recently developed framework of strong-pinning theory has established a quantitative relationship between the microscopic pinscape and macroscopic observables. Specifically, it identifies history-dependent vortex arrangements as the primary source for thermal hysteresis in the Campbell response. In this work, we show that this interpretation is well-suited to capture the experimental results of the clean superconductor NbSe2, as observed through Campbell response (linear ac susceptibility) and small-angle neutron scattering measurements. Furthermore, we exploit the hysteretic Campbell response upon thermal cycling to extract the temperature dependence of microscopic pinning parameters from bulk measurements, specifically the pinning force and pinning length. Finally, this spectroscopic tool may stimulate further pinscape characterization in other superconducting systems.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina); Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos (IFLYSIB), UNLP-CONICET (Argentina)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; University of Buenos Aires; National Scientific and Technical Research Council
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1488402
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1484063
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Willa, Roland, Marziali Bermúdez, Mariano, and Pasquini, Gabriela. Thermal hysteresis of the Campbell response as a probe for bulk pinning landscape spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.184520.
Willa, Roland, Marziali Bermúdez, Mariano, & Pasquini, Gabriela. Thermal hysteresis of the Campbell response as a probe for bulk pinning landscape spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.184520
Willa, Roland, Marziali Bermúdez, Mariano, and Pasquini, Gabriela. Fri .
"Thermal hysteresis of the Campbell response as a probe for bulk pinning landscape spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.184520. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1488402.
@article{osti_1488402,
title = {Thermal hysteresis of the Campbell response as a probe for bulk pinning landscape spectroscopy},
author = {Willa, Roland and Marziali Bermúdez, Mariano and Pasquini, Gabriela},
abstractNote = {In type-II superconductors, the macroscopic response of vortex matter to an external perturbation depends on the local interaction of flux lines with the pinning landscape (pinscape). The (Campbell) penetration depth λC of an ac field perturbation is often associated with a phenomenological pinning curvature. However, this basic approach is unable to capture thermal hysteresis effects observed in a variety of superconductors. The recently developed framework of strong-pinning theory has established a quantitative relationship between the microscopic pinscape and macroscopic observables. Specifically, it identifies history-dependent vortex arrangements as the primary source for thermal hysteresis in the Campbell response. In this work, we show that this interpretation is well-suited to capture the experimental results of the clean superconductor NbSe2, as observed through Campbell response (linear ac susceptibility) and small-angle neutron scattering measurements. Furthermore, we exploit the hysteretic Campbell response upon thermal cycling to extract the temperature dependence of microscopic pinning parameters from bulk measurements, specifically the pinning force and pinning length. Finally, this spectroscopic tool may stimulate further pinscape characterization in other superconducting systems.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.98.184520},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 18,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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