Equilibrium intermediate-state patterns in a type-I superconducting slab in an arbitrarily oriented applied magnetic field

Clem, John; Prozorov, Ruslan; Wijngaarden, Rinke J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.104504

Equilibrium intermediate-state patterns in a type-I superconducting slab in an arbitrarily oriented applied magnetic field

Journal Article · Wed Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.104504· OSTI ID:1127323

Clem, John ^[1]; Prozorov, Ruslan ^[1]; Wijngaarden, Rinke J. ^[2]

Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States). Iowa State Univ., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
VU Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

The equilibrium topology of superconducting and normal domains in flat type-I superconductors is investigated. Important improvements with respect to previous work are that (1) the energy of the external magnetic field, as deformed by the presence of superconducting domains, is calculated in the same way for three different topologies and (2) calculations are made for arbitrary orientation of the applied field. A phase diagram is presented for the minimum-energy topology as a function of applied field magnitude and angle. For small (large) applied fields, normal (superconducting) tubes are found, while for intermediate fields, parallel domains have a lower energy. The range of field magnitudes for which the superconducting-tubes structure is favored shrinks when the field is more in-plane oriented.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1127323

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1160463
OSTI ID: 1385463

Report Number(s):: IS-J--8015

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 88; ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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