Non-Quantized Penetration of Magnetic Field in the Vortex State of Superconductors

Details Non-Quantized Penetration of Magnetic Field in the Vortex State of Superconductors Non-Quantized Penetration of Magnetic Field in the Vortex State of Superconductors

2000-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009126v1

Nature v.407, p.55-57 (2000)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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As first pointed out by Bardeen and Ginzburg in the early sixties, the amount of magnetic flux carried by vortices depends on their distance to the sample edge and can be smaller than one flux quantum, f0 = h/2e. In bulk superconductors, this reduction of flux becomes negligible already at submicron distances from the edge but, in thin films, the effect may survive at much larger distances. In the absence of any experimental observation, such flux reduction is perceived to be an exotic or unimportant effect, and it is often assumed that magnetic field enters type-II superconductors in units of f0. Here we report the measurements of the amount of flux associated with the entrance of individual vortices in a superconducting film and show that the flux that they bring in, always differs substantially from f0. We have observed vortices that carry as little as 0.001 f0 as well as seemingly "negative vortices" whose penetration leads to the expulsion of magnetic field. We distinguish two phenomena responsible for non-quantized flux penetration: the finite-size effect and a non-linear screening of magnetic field in the presence of a surface barrier. The latter effect has previously not been considered but is likely to cause non-quantized penetration in many cases.

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