Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-06-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
7 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Europhysics Letters
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2005-10141-0
\\A simple model for a superconductor with tunable critical current is studied theoretically. The model consists of a thin superconducting film with one vortex interacting with one magnetic dipole, whose magnetic moment is free to rotate, in the presence of a magnetic field applied parallel to the film surfaces. The pinning potential for the vortex is calculated exactly in the London limit. It is found that, due to the dipole freedom to rotate, the dependence of the pinning potential on the applied field is non-trivial, and allows both the spatial dependence and strength of the pinning potential to be changed by the field. As a consequence, the critical current can be tuned by the applied field. The critical current is obtained numerically as a function of the applied field. Order of magnitude changes in the critical current resulting from changes in the direction and magnitude of the applied field are reported, with discontinuous changes taking place in some cases. Possible application to vortices in low-$T_c$ superconducting films pinned by arrays of magnetic dots are briefly considered. \\
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