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John Draskovic

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arXiv2014

Doping-dependent critical Cooper-pair momentum in thin, underdoped cuprate films

We apply a recently-developed low-field technique to inductively measure the critical pair momentum $p_c$ in thin, underdoped films of Y$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-δ}$ and Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+δ}$ reflecting a wide range of hole doping. We observe that $p_c \propto \hbar/ξ$ scales with $T_c$ and therefore superfluid density $n_s(T\rightarrow0)$ in our two-dimensional cuprate films. This relationship was famously predicted by a universal model of the cuprates with a \textit{doping-independent} superconducting gap, but has not been observed by high field measurements of the coherence length $ξ$ due to field-induced phenomena not included in the theory.

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arXiv2014

Measuring the superconducting coherence length in thin films using a two-coil experiment

We present measurements of the superconducting coherence length ξ in thin (d < 100 Å) films of MoGe alloy and Nb using a combination of linear and nonlinear mutual inductance techniques. As the alternating current in the drive coil is increased at fixed temperature, we see a crossover from linear to nonlinear coupling to the pickup coil, consistent with the unbinding of vortex-antivortex pairs as the peak pair momentum nears \hbar\/ξ and the unbinding barrier vanishes. We compare measurements of ξ made by this mutual inductance technique to values determined from the films' upper critical fields, thereby confirming the applicability of a recent calculation of the upper limit on a vortex-free state in our experiment.

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arXiv2013

Theory of the lower critical magnetic field for a two-dimensional superconducting film in a non-uniform field

We consider the first appearance of vortices in a two-dimensional (2-D) superconducting film exposed to a non-uniform magnetic field, $\mathbf{B_a}$, produced by a nearby coil. The film has "infinite" radius, $R_f$, and thickness $t$ about equal to the coherence length, $ξ$. The coil is approximated as a point dipole. We find that the first vortex-bearing state to appear has both a vortex and an antivortex. The Gibbs free energy of this state is lower than the vortex-free state when the applied perpendicular field, $B_0$, at the origin exceeds the external critical field: $B_{c1}^0 = \frac{4\sqrt{2}Λ}{R}\frac{Φ_0}{4πΛ^2}ln\left(\fracΛξ\right)$, where $\frac{Φ_0}{4πΛ^2}ln\left(\fracΛξ\right) \equiv B_{c1}^{2D}$ is the intrinsic critical field in 2-D, $Λ\equiv 2λ^2/t$ the 2-D penetration depth introduced by Pearl, and $λ$ is the bulk penetration depth. The prefactor, $4\sqrt{2}Λ/R$, is calculated in the strong-screening regime, $Λ/R \ll 1$. $R$ is the radial distance at which the applied perpendicular field, $B_{a,z}(ρ)$, changes sign. In the lab, the onset of vortex effects generally occurs at a field much higher than $B_{c1}^0$, indicating that vortices are inhibited by the vortex-antivortex unbinding barrier, or by pinning.

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