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The determination of their critical current density in the whole range of the temperature below Tc is of first importance to understand the physical processes occurring in superconducting films. We describe here a technique suitable for…

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Superconducting thin metallic films, functioning as supercurrent gate-tunable transistors, have considerable potential for future quantum electronic devices. Despite extensive research, a comprehensive microscopic quantitative mechanism…

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A method is proposed for estimating the length scale of currents circulating in superconductors. The estimated circulation radius is used to determine the critical current density on the basis of magnetic measurements. The obtained formulas…

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Electronic transport through nanostructures is greatly affected by the presence of superconducting leads. If the interface between the nanostructure and the superconductors is sufficiently transparent, a dissipationless current…

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The critical current of a thin superconducting strip of width $W$ much larger than the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length $\xi$ but much smaller than the Pearl length $\Lambda = 2 \lambda^2/d$ is maximized when the strip is straight with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 John R. Clem , Yasunori Mawatari , G. R. Berdiyorov , F. M. Peeters

Most applications of superconductors, such as power transmission lines, motors, generators, and transformers, require long cables through which large currents circulate. Impressive progress has recently been achieved in the current-carrying…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-14 Alvaro Sanchez , Carles Navau , Nuria Del-Valle , Du-Xing Chen

We analyze the influence of the magnetic field generated by the supercurrents (self-field) on the current density distribution by numerical simulations. The thickness of the superconducting film determines the self-field and consequently…

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Numerous proposed and developed superconducting fault current limiters and self-limiting transformers limit successfully fault currents but do not provide uninterrupted supplying of consumers. A design investigated in the work combines the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Meerovich , V. Sokolovsky

We theoretically investigate the response of a superconducting film to line currents flowing in linear wires placed above the film, and we present analytic expressions for the magnetic-field and current distributions based on the critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Yasunori Mawatari , John R. Clem

Planar Josephson junctions in a magnetic field exhibit the superconducting diode effect, by which the critical current magnitude depends on the polarity of the transport current. A number of different mechanisms for the effect have been…

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The gate-voltage-induced suppression of critical currents in metallic superconductors observed recently [De Simoni et al., Nat. Nanotechnol. 13, 802 (2018)] has raised crucial questions regarding the nature and mechanism of the electric…

The maximum current (critical current) a type-II superconductor can transmit without energy loss is limited by the motion of the quantized magnetic flux penetrating into a superconductor. Introducing nanoscale holes into a superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-06-07 Yong-Lei Wang , M. L. Latimer , Zhi-Li Xiao , R. Divan , L. E. Ocola , G. W. Crabtree , Wai-Kwong Kwok

One of the key challenges in the fabrication of superconducting coils using cuprate tapes is the parametrization of the critical currents and their dependence on magnetic field, temperature, and angle. Discussions at the Magnet Technology…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-22 Charles Simon

Numerical simulations of the current and field distribution in thin superconducting films are carried out for a given material law Jc(B) and as a function of the applied field H, taking the sample's self-field into account. The dependence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-02-01 F. Hengstberger , M. Eisterer , H. W. Weber

The critical currents in Josephson junctions of conventional superconductors with macroscopic defects are calculated for different defect critical current densities as a function of the magnetic field. We also study the evolution of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Stefanakis , N. Flytzanis

We discuss the emergence of a spontaneous temperature and critical current spatial modulation in current-carrying high temperature superconducting wire. The modulation of the critical current along the wire on a scale of 3 - 10 mm forces a…

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We calculate the critical current of a superconductor/ferromagnetic/superconductor (S/FM/S) Josephson junction in which the FM layer has a conical magnetic structure composed of an in-plane rotating antiferromagnetic phase and an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-06 Gábor B. Halász , J. W. A. Robinson , M. G. Blamire , James F. Annett

When modeling superconducting devices based on REBCO tapes andworking near or above the critical current value (i.e. I> Ic), the power-law model is not always accurate. In our previous works, we proposed the overcritical current model,…

The current-carrying ability of a type-II superconductor is generally represented by its critical current density. This can be determined by measuring a flux relaxation process starting with a testing current density that is greater than or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-24 Rongchao Ma

We consider the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity in the presence of an electric current flowing through a two-dimensional wire. We show that when the current is sufficiently strong the solution converges in the…

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