Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry
Abstract
Non-invasive magnetic field sensing using optically-detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond was used to study spatial distribution of the magnetic induction upon penetration and expulsion of weak magnetic fields in several representative superconductors. Vector magnetic fields were measured on the surface of conventional, elemental Pb and Nb, and compound LuNi2B2C and unconventional iron-based superconductors Ba1-xKxFe2As2 (x = 0.34 optimal hole doping), Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (x = 0.07 optimal electron doping), and stoichiometric CaKFe4As4, using variable-temperature confocal system with diffraction-limited spatial resolution. Magnetic induction profiles across the crystal edges were measured in zero-field-cooled and field-cooled conditions. While all superconductors show nearly perfect screening of magnetic fields applied after cooling to temperatures well below the superconducting transition, Tc, a range of very different behaviors was observed for Meissner expulsion upon cooling in static magnetic field from above Tc. Substantial conventional Meissner expulsion is found in LuNi2B2C, paramagnetic Meissner effect is found in Nb, and virtually no expulsion is observed in iron-based superconductors. In all cases, good correlation with macroscopic measurements of total magnetic moment is found.
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- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1433656
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9590
Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630; TRN: US1802365
- Grant/Contract Number:
- GBMF4411; AC02-07CH11358
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- New Journal of Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Nusran, N. M., Joshi, K. R., Cho, K., Tanatar, M. A., Meier, W. R., Bud?ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Liu, Y., Lograsso, T. A., and Prozorov, R. Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aab47c.
Nusran, N. M., Joshi, K. R., Cho, K., Tanatar, M. A., Meier, W. R., Bud?ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Liu, Y., Lograsso, T. A., & Prozorov, R. Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aab47c
Nusran, N. M., Joshi, K. R., Cho, K., Tanatar, M. A., Meier, W. R., Bud?ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Liu, Y., Lograsso, T. A., and Prozorov, R. Thu .
"Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aab47c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1433656.
@article{osti_1433656,
title = {Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry},
author = {Nusran, N. M. and Joshi, K. R. and Cho, K. and Tanatar, M. A. and Meier, W. R. and Bud?ko, S. L. and Canfield, P. C. and Liu, Y. and Lograsso, T. A. and Prozorov, R.},
abstractNote = {Non-invasive magnetic field sensing using optically-detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond was used to study spatial distribution of the magnetic induction upon penetration and expulsion of weak magnetic fields in several representative superconductors. Vector magnetic fields were measured on the surface of conventional, elemental Pb and Nb, and compound LuNi2B2C and unconventional iron-based superconductors Ba1-xKxFe2As2 (x = 0.34 optimal hole doping), Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (x = 0.07 optimal electron doping), and stoichiometric CaKFe4As4, using variable-temperature confocal system with diffraction-limited spatial resolution. Magnetic induction profiles across the crystal edges were measured in zero-field-cooled and field-cooled conditions. While all superconductors show nearly perfect screening of magnetic fields applied after cooling to temperatures well below the superconducting transition, Tc, a range of very different behaviors was observed for Meissner expulsion upon cooling in static magnetic field from above Tc. Substantial conventional Meissner expulsion is found in LuNi2B2C, paramagnetic Meissner effect is found in Nb, and virtually no expulsion is observed in iron-based superconductors. In all cases, good correlation with macroscopic measurements of total magnetic moment is found.},
doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/aab47c},
journal = {New Journal of Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {4}
}
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