Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model

Koshelev, A. E.; Sadovskyy, I. A.; Phillips, C. L.; Glatz, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508

Title: Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model

Journal Article · Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508· OSTI ID:1245439

Koshelev, A. E. ^[1]; Sadovskyy, I. A. ^[1]; Phillips, C. L. ^[2]; Glatz, A. ^[3]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics

Introducing nanoparticles into superconducting materials has emerged as an efficient route to enhance their current-carrying capability. We address the problem of optimizing vortex pinning landscape for randomly distributed metallic spherical inclusions using large-scale numerical simulations of time- dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. We found the size and density of particles for which the highest critical current is realized in a fixed magnetic field. For each particle size and magnetic field, the critical current reaches a maximum value at a certain particle density, which typically corresponds to 15{23% of the total volume being replaced by nonsuperconducting material. For fixed diameter, this optimal particle density increases with the magnetic field. Furthermore, we found that the optimal particle diameter slowly decreases with the magnetic field from 4.5 to 2.5 coherence lengths at a given temperature. This result shows that pinning landscapes have to be designed for specific applications taking into account relevant magnetic field scales.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1245439

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1239712

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9950

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