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Superconductors With Structured Surfaces: Fields and Currents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Z.C. Wu ,
Daniel A. Jelski  and
Thomas F. George
Z.C. Wu
Affiliation:
Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry, 239 Fronczak Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
Daniel A. Jelski
Affiliation:
Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry, 239 Fronczak Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
Thomas F. George
Affiliation:
Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry, 239 Fronczak Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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Abstract

This paper discusses the behavior of currents and fields along a structured superconductor. First the effect of surface structure on supercurrents is investigated. Then the effect of structure on the critical nucleation field is discussed in two cases, one with the magnetic field parallel to the ripples and the other with the field parallel to the grating wavenumber. In the first case, it is found that the critical field is reduced as a function of grating height, whereas in the latter case it is increased. Finally, the relevance of this work for laser-induced chemistry above a superconducting surface is discussed. The Ginzburg-Landau model is used throughout.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 101: Symposium B – Laser and Particle-Beam Chemical Processing for Microelectronics , 1987 , 267
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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