Magnetic levitation, suspension, and superconductivity: Macroscopic and mesoscopic
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, 95616 (United States)
The levitation state of a large magnetic sphere held in equilibrium above a thick superconducting layer in the Meissner state is a single temperature-independent state as long as the maximum magnetic field at the superconducting (SC) surface does not exceed the critical field {ital H}{sub {ital c}}({ital T}). In contrast, a magnetic microsphere trapped by a superconducting microring exhibits very different behavior. When the radius {ital b} of the SC ring is of the same order as the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length {xi}({ital T}), the system exhibits, in general, a small set of distinct, quantized, temperature-dependent levitation and suspension states. For certain discrete values of {ital b} the flux in the ring is quantized, and the levitation and suspension heights are temperature independent. An abrupt temperature induced transition in the suspension height is also found for a special set of parameters. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 278732
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 53, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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