Measuring the Lower Critical Field of Superconductors Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Optical Magnetometry

Joshi, K. R.; Nusran, N. M.; Tanatar, M. A.; Cho, Kyuil; Meier, W. R.; Bud’ko, S. L.; Canfield, P. C.; Prozorov, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.014035

Title: Measuring the Lower Critical Field of Superconductors Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Optical Magnetometry

Journal Article · Thu Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.014035· OSTI ID:1492301

Joshi, K. R. ^[1]; Nusran, N. M. ^[1]; Tanatar, M. A. ^[1]; Cho, Kyuil ^[1]; Meier, W. R. ^[1]; Bud’ko, S. L. ^[1]; Canfield, P. C. ^[1]; Prozorov, R. ^[1]

Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

The lower critical magnetic eld, H_c1, of superconductors is measured by using ensembles of NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry. The technique is minimally invasive, and has sub- gauss eld sensitivity and submicrometer spatial resolution, which allow for accurate detection of the vector eld at which the vortices start penetrating the sample from the corners. Aided by the revised calculations of the effective demagnetization factors of actual cuboid - shaped samples, H_c1 and the London penetration depth, λ, derived from H_c1 can be obtained. We apply this method to three well-studied superconductors: optimally doped Ba(Fe_1-xCo_x)₂As₂, stoichiometric CaKFe₄As₄, and high-Tc cuprate YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ. Our results are well compared with the values of λ obtained using other techniques, thus adding another non-destructive and sensitive method to measure these important parameters of superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1492301

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1491228

Report Number(s):: IS-J-9854; PRAHB2

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 2331-7019

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