Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2001-06-14
Phys. Rev. B 64, 134518 (2001)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
8 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134518
We investigate the influence of columnar defects in layered superconductors on the thermally activated penetration of pancake vortices through the surface barrier. Columnar defects, located near the surface, facilitate penetration of vortices through the surface barrier, by creating ``weak spots'', through which pancakes can penetrate into the superconductor. Penetration of a pancake mediated by an isolated column, located near the surface, is a two-stage process involving hopping from the surface to the column and the detachment from the column into the bulk; each stage is controlled by its own activation barrier. The resulting effective energy is equal to the maximum of those two barriers. For a given external field there exists an optimum location of the column for which the barriers for the both processes are equal and the reduction of the effective penetration barrier is maximal. At high fields the effective penetration field is approximately two times smaller than in unirradiated samples. We also estimate the suppression of the effective penetration field by column clusters. This mechanism provides further reduction of the penetration field at low temperatures.
Koshelev Alexei E.
Vinokur Valeri M.
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