Anisotropic thermomagnetic avalanche activity in field-cooled superconducting films

作者:Colauto F*; Carmo D; de Andrade A M H; Oliveira A A M; Ortiz W A; Johansen T H
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2017, 96(6): 060506.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.060506

摘要

The electrodynamic behavior of isotropic superconducting Nb films cooled below their critical temperature in the presence of in-plane applied magnetic fields is investigated using magneto-optical imaging. A specially designed local flux injector is used to show that the frozen-in in-plane vortices strongly guide and enhance the penetration of perpendicular vortices, whereas their penetration across the array of in-plane vortices is essentially unchanged. This result provides the key to understanding why field-cooled square superconducting films show anisotropic nucleation of flux avalanches (jumps) along the four edges. The explanation is based on an analytical model for thermomagnetic avalanche nucleation in type-II superconducting films, and allows one to understand the entire scenario of different flux dynamics observed experimentally.

  • 出版日期2017-8-16