Fragmentation of fast Josephson vortices and breakdown of ordered states by moving topological defects

Sheikhzada, Ahmad; Gurevich, Alex

doi:10.1038/srep17821

Fragmentation of fast Josephson vortices and breakdown of ordered states by moving topological defects

Journal Article · Sun Dec 06 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17821· OSTI ID:1240261

Sheikhzada, Ahmad ^[1]; Gurevich, Alex ^[2]

Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Old Dominion University
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)

Topological defects such as vortices, dislocations or domain walls define many important effects in superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, liquid crystals, and plasticity of solids. Here we address the breakdown of the topologically-protected stability of such defects driven by strong external forces. We focus on Josephson vortices that appear at planar weak links of suppressed superconductivity which have attracted much attention for electronic applications, new sources of THz radiation, and low-dissipative computing. Our numerical simulations show that a rapidly moving vortex driven by a constant current becomes unstable with respect to generation of vortex-antivortex pairs caused by Cherenkov radiation. As a result, vortices and antivortices become spatially separated and accumulate continuously on the opposite sides of an expanding dissipative domain. This effect is most pronounced in thin film edge Josephson junctions at low temperatures where a single vortex can switch the whole junction into a resistive state at currents well below the Josephson critical current. In conclusion, our work gives a new insight into instability of a moving topological defect which destroys global long-range order in a way that is remarkably similar to the crack propagation in solids.

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Research Organization:: Old Dominion Univ. Research Foundation, Norfolk, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010081

OSTI ID:: 1240261

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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