The spike state in type-I mesoscopic superconductor

We study here the spike state found in mesoscopic type I superconductors whose existence is confined to the single field where the superconducting state arises from the normal state in descending field in the so-called genuine type I regime. The mesoscopic type I superconductor possesses distinct κr...

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Authors: Oliveira, Isaias Gonzaga de, Cadorim, Leonardo Rodrigues [UNESP], Romaguera, Antonio Rodrigues de Castro, Sardella, Edson [UNESP], Gomes, Rodolfo Ribeiro, Doria, Mauro Melchiades
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/211033
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11449/211033
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Superconductivity
Spike state
Type-I superconductivity
Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation.
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Summary:We study here the spike state found in mesoscopic type I superconductors whose existence is confined to the single field where the superconducting state arises from the normal state in descending field in the so-called genuine type I regime. The mesoscopic type I superconductor possesses distinct κregimes due to its richer critical field structure Cadorim et al. (2021) [11]. The lifetime of the spike state is shown to be in the nanosecond scale through the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations. The spike state is a giant vortex state that undergoes a process of deformation after its creation when several bubbles of vortices are expelled forming new but deformed giant vortices until no one is left inside the superconductor. Like phase slips and kinematic vortices, the spike state is also a non-equilibrium vortex state