Dc-magnetic-field dependence of the surface impedance of a multilayer superconductor system in the mixed state
- A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg 194021 (Russian Federation)
We study the electrodynamics of a superlattice that consists of two kinds of layers: the layers of a type-II superconductor and the layers of a normal metal in a perpendicular magnetic field. The problem is treated in the framework of London electrodynamics taking into account simultaneously the nonlocality of the intervortex interaction and the Abrikosov vortex elasticity. The dependence of the surface impedance [ital Z] on the dc-magnetic-field induction [ital B][much lt][ital H][sub [ital c]2] ([ital H][sub [ital c]2] is the upper critical field) is analzyed for different values of the parameters of the superlattice. It is shown that, in the low-frequency limit, three types of [ital Z]([ital B]) dependence are possible: (i) [ital Z][proportional to][ital B] for small fields and [ital Z][proportional to][ital B][sup 1/2] for large fields, with a crossover at [ital B][approx][ital H][sub [ital c]1] ([ital H][sub [ital c]1] is the lower critical field); (ii) [ital Z][proportional to][ital B][sup 1/2] for any fields; or (iii) [ital Z]=[ital AB][sup 1/2] for small fields and [ital Z]=[ital CB][sup 1/2] for large fields, the coefficients [ital A] and [ital C] being nonequal, with the crossover [ital AB][sup 1/2][r arrow][ital CB][sup 1/2] at [ital B][approx][ital H][sub [ital c]1]. The type-(i) dependence characteristic of a uniform superconductor converts into a type-(ii) dependence as one diminishes the thickness of the superconductor layers. The physical origin of this conversion is explained. It is suggested that observed dependence in multilayer superconductor systems [ital Z][proportional to][ital B][sup 1/2] is due to the effect discussed in the paper.
- OSTI ID:
- 5921056
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 48:14; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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