Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2000-11-03
Phys. Rev. B 64, 064517 (2001).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
8 pages, RevTex, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.064517
A variational model is proposed to describe the magnetic properties of type-II superconductors in the entire field range between $H_{c1}$ and $H_{c2}$ for any values of the Ginzburg-Landau parameter $\kappa>1/\sqrt{2}$. The hexagonal unit cell of the triangular flux-line lattice is replaced by a circle of the same area, and the periodic solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau equations within this cell are approximated by rotationally symmetric solutions. The Ginzburg-Landau equations are solved by a trial function for the order parameter. The calculated spatial distributions of the order parameter and the magnetic field are compared with the corresponding distributions obtained by numerical solution of the Ginzburg-Landau equations. The comparison reveals good agreement with an accuracy of a few percent for all $\kappa$ values exceeding $\kappa \approx 1$. The model can be extended to anisotropic superconductors when the vortices are directed along one of the principal axes. The reversible magnetization curve is calculated and an analytical formula for the magnetization is proposed. At low fields, the theory reduces to the London approach at $\kappa \gg 1$, provided that the exact value of $H_{c1}$ is used. At high fields, our model reproduces the main features of the well-known Abrikosov theory. The magnetic field dependences of the reversible magnetization found numerically and by our variational method practically coincide. The model also refines the limits of some approximations which have been widely used. The calculated magnetization curves are in a good agreement with experimental data on high-T$_c$ superconductors.
Brandt Ernst Helmut
Kugel' K. I.
Pogosov Walter V.
Rakhmanov A. L.
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