Nonequilibrium steady states of driven magnetic flux lines in disordered type-II superconductors

Klongcheongsan, T.; Bullard, T. J.; Täuber, U. C.

doi:10.1088/0953-2048/23/2/025023

Title: Nonequilibrium steady states of driven magnetic flux lines in disordered type-II superconductors

Journal Article · 23 December 2009 · Superconductor Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/23/2/025023 · OSTI ID:1855151

Klongcheongsan, T. ^[1]; Bullard, T. J. ^[2]; Täuber, U. C. ^[3]

Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Virginia Tech, Department of Physics
US Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)

We investigate driven magnetic flux lines in layered type-II superconductors subject to various configurations of strong point or columnar pinning centers by means of a three-dimensional elastic line model and Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations. We characterize the resulting nonequilibrium steady states by means of the force–velocity/current–voltage curve, static structure factor, mean vortex radius of gyration, number of double-kink and half-loop excitations, and velocity/voltage noise spectrum. Here, we compare the results for the above observables for randomly distributed point and columnar defects, and demonstrate that the three-dimensional flux line structures and their fluctuations lead to a remarkable variety of complex phenomena in the steady-state transport properties of bulk superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002308; SC0002308

OSTI ID:: 1855151

Journal Information:: Superconductor Science and Technology, Journal Name: Superconductor Science and Technology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 23; ISSN 0953-2048

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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