Analysis of the ghost and mirror fields in the Nernst signal induced by superconducting fluctuations

Glatz, A.; Pourret, A.; Varlamov, A. A.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.174507

Title: Analysis of the ghost and mirror fields in the Nernst signal induced by superconducting fluctuations

Journal Article · Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.174507· OSTI ID:1765439

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Univ. Grenoble Alpes (France)
Univ. di Roma tor Vergata, Rome (Italy)

In this work, we present a complete analysis of the Nernst signal due to superconducting fluctuations in a large variety of superconductors from conventional to unconventional ones. A closed analytical expression of the fluctuation contribution to the Nernst signal is obtained in a large range of temperature and magnetic field. We apply this expression directly to experimental measurements of the Nernst signal in Nb_xSi_1-x thin films and URu₂Si₂ superconductors. Both magnetic field and temperature dependence of the available data are fitted with very good accuracy using only two fitting parameters, the superconducting temperature T_c0 and the upper critical field H_c2(0). The obtained values agree very well with experimentally obtained values. We also extract the ghost lines (the maximum of the Nernst signal for constant temperature or magnetic field) from the complete expression and also compare it to several experimentally obtained curves. Our approach predicts a linear temperature dependence for the ghost critical field well above T_c0. Within the errors of the experimental data, this linearity is indeed observed in many superconductors far from T_c0.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); European Union Horizon 2020

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; 731976

OSTI ID:: 1765439

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 102, Issue 17; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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