Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2008-04-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.227007
We show that the size effects radically affect the electric field-current ($E-I$) relation of superconducting films. We calculate $E(J)$ due to thermally-activated hopping of single vortices driven by current $I$ across the film in a magnetic field $H$, taking into account interaction of free vortices with their antivortex images and peaks in the Meissner currents at the film edges. Unbinding of virtual vortex-antivortex pairs not only mimics the transport uniform BKT behavior, it can dominate the observed $E(J)$ and result in the field-dependent ohmic resistance at small $I$. We show that $E(I)$ can be tuned by changing the film geometry and propose experimental tests of this theory.
Gurevich Alex
Vinokur Valeri M.
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