Linear response of thin superconductors in perpendicular magnetic fields: An asymptotic analysis
- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
The linear response of a thin superconducting strip subjected to an applied perpendicular time-dependent magnetic field is treated analytically using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The calculation of the induced current density is divided into two parts: an ``outer`` problem, in the middle of the strip, which can be solved using conformal mapping; and an ``inner`` problem near each of the two edges, which can be solved using the Wiener-Hopf method. The inner and outer solutions are matched together to produce a solution which is uniformly valid across the entire strip, in the limit that the effective screening length {lambda}{sub eff} is small compared to the strip width 2{ital a}. From the current density it is shown that the perpendicular component of the magnetic field inside the strip has a weak logarithmic singularity at the edges of the strip. The linear Ohmic response, which would be realized in a type-II superconductor in the flux-flow regime, is calculated for both a sudden jump in the magnetic field and for an ac magnetic field. After a jump in the field the current propagates in from the edges at a constant velocity {ital v}=0.772{ital D}/{ital d} (with {ital D} the diffusion constant and {ital d} the film thickness), rather than diffusively, as it would for a thick sample. The ac current density and the high-frequency ac magnetization are also calculated. The long time relaxation of the current density after a jump in the field is found to decay exponentially with a time constant {tau}{sub 0}=0.255{ital ad}/{ital D}. The method is extended to treat the response of thin superconducting disks and thin strips with an applied current. There is generally excellent agreement between the results of the asymptotic analysis and the recent numerical calculations by Brandt [Phys. Rev. B 49, 9024; 50, 4034 (1994)].
- OSTI ID:
- 54937
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 51, Issue 21; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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