Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model
Abstract
Introducing nanoparticles into superconducting materials has emerged as an efficient route to enhance their current-carrying capability. We address the problem of optimizing vortex pinning landscape for randomly distributed metallic spherical inclusions using large-scale numerical simulations of time- dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. We found the size and density of particles for which the highest critical current is realized in a fixed magnetic field. For each particle size and magnetic field, the critical current reaches a maximum value at a certain particle density, which typically corresponds to 15{23% of the total volume being replaced by nonsuperconducting material. For fixed diameter, this optimal particle density increases with the magnetic field. Furthermore, we found that the optimal particle diameter slowly decreases with the magnetic field from 4.5 to 2.5 coherence lengths at a given temperature. This result shows that pinning landscapes have to be designed for specific applications taking into account relevant magnetic field scales.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Mathematics and Computer Science Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1245439
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1239712
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Koshelev, A. E., Sadovskyy, I. A., Phillips, C. L., and Glatz, A. Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508.
Koshelev, A. E., Sadovskyy, I. A., Phillips, C. L., & Glatz, A. Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508
Koshelev, A. E., Sadovskyy, I. A., Phillips, C. L., and Glatz, A. Mon .
"Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245439.
@article{osti_1245439,
title = {Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model},
author = {Koshelev, A. E. and Sadovskyy, I. A. and Phillips, C. L. and Glatz, A.},
abstractNote = {Introducing nanoparticles into superconducting materials has emerged as an efficient route to enhance their current-carrying capability. We address the problem of optimizing vortex pinning landscape for randomly distributed metallic spherical inclusions using large-scale numerical simulations of time- dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. We found the size and density of particles for which the highest critical current is realized in a fixed magnetic field. For each particle size and magnetic field, the critical current reaches a maximum value at a certain particle density, which typically corresponds to 15{23% of the total volume being replaced by nonsuperconducting material. For fixed diameter, this optimal particle density increases with the magnetic field. Furthermore, we found that the optimal particle diameter slowly decreases with the magnetic field from 4.5 to 2.5 coherence lengths at a given temperature. This result shows that pinning landscapes have to be designed for specific applications taking into account relevant magnetic field scales.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.060508},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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