Flux dynamics and the growth of the superconducting phase
- authored by
- Holger Frahm, Salman Ullah, Alan T. Dorsey
- Abstract
We present a detailed investigation of the growth of the superconducting phase in a magnetic field. For type-I superconductors, the planar normal-superconductor interface is dynamically unstable. In the nucleation regime this feature leads to interface motion similar to that found in the solid-liquid transition. In the spinodal regime the spinodal growth proceeds by a sequence of phase-slip processes, unique to a system with a complex order parameter. In type-II superconductors, vortex absorption stabilizes a planar interface, despite the negative surface tension.
- External Organisation(s)
-
University of Virginia
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Volume
- 66
- Pages
- 3067-3070
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Publication date
- 10.06.1991
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3067 (Access:
Unknown)
https://doi.org/10.15488/5090 (Access: Open)
