Evaporation of a single vortex line in a weakly coupled multilayered superconductor

Journal Article · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.43.3728· OSTI ID:5711238

Bulaevskii, L N; Meshkov, S V ^[1]; Feinberg, D ^[2]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Hochfield Magnet Labor, Boite Postale 166, F-38042 Grenoble CEDEX (France)
2. Laboratoire d'Etudes des Proprietes Electroniques des Solides, CNRS, Boite Postale 166X, F-38042 Grenoble CEDEX (France)

A single Abrikosov line is considered in a field perpendicular to the layers in superconductors with Josephson coupling of the layers. It is shown that the vortex line evaporates above some critical temperature {ital T}{sup *} in compounds with perpendicular superconducting correlation length {xi}{sub {ital z}}(0){much lt}{ital d}/{kappa} where {kappa} is the Ginzburg parameter and {ital d} is the interlayer distance. In a system with identical layers, {ital T}{sup *} coincides with the critical temperature of the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition.

• OSTI ID: 5711238
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA) Vol. 43:4; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FLUCTUATIONS
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JUNCTIONS
LAYERS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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