Temperature dependence of the critical current of the superconducting microladder in zero magnetic field: Theory and experiment

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.43.10144· OSTI ID:5589317

Fink, H J ^[1]; Buisson, O; Pannetier, B ^[2]

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1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616 (USA)
2. Centre de Recherches sur les Tres Basses Temperature, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Boite Postale 166X, 38042 Grenoble CEDEX, France (FR)

The largest supercurrent which can be injected into a superconducting microladder was calculated as a function of nodal spacing {ital scrL} and temperature for zero magnetic flux using (i) exact solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equation in terms of Jacobian elliptic functions and (ii) approximate solutions in terms of hyperbolic functions. The agreement is good for {ital scrL}/{xi}({ital T}){lt}3, where {xi}({ital T}) is the temperature-dependent coherence length. Since solution (ii) is much simpler than solution (i), it is of considerable value when calculating critical currents of micronets with nodal spacings comparable to {xi}({ital T}). We find that the temperature-dependent critical current deviates significantly from the classical 3/2 power law of the Ginzburg-Landau theory. Preliminary experiments on a submicrometer ladder confirm such deviations.

• OSTI ID: 5589317
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA) Vol. 43:13; ISSN PRBMD; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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656100* -- Condensed Matter Physics-- Superconductivity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CRITICAL CURRENT
CURRENTS
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FUNCTIONS
GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY
JACOBIAN FUNCTION
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
WIRES