We conduct local magnetic measurements on superconducting thin-film samples of Sr2RuO4 using scanning Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) susceptometry. From the diamagnetic response, we extract the magnetic penetration depth, λ, which exhibits a quadratic temperature dependence at low temperatures. Although a quadratic dependence in high-purity bulk samples has been attributed to non-local electrodynamics, our analysis suggests that in our thin-film samples the presence of scattering is the origin of the quadratic dependence. While we observe micron-scale variations in the diamagnetic response and superconducting transition temperature, the form of the temperature dependence of λ is independent of position. Finally, we characterize flux trapping in superconducting rings lithographically fabricated from the thin films, paving the way to systematic device-based tests of the superconducting order parameter in Sr2RuO4.
@article{arxiv.2403.17152,
title = {Local magnetic response of superconducting Sr$\mathrm{_2}$RuO$\mathrm{_4}$ thin films and rings},
author = {G. M. Ferguson and Hari P. Nair and Nathaniel J. Schreiber and Ludi Miao and Kyle M. Shen and Darrell G. Schlom and Katja C. Nowack},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17152},
year = {2024}
}