Related papers: Shielding superconductors with thin films
The SIS structure---a thin superconducting film on a bulk superconductor separated by a thin insulating film---was propsed as a method to protect alternative SRF materials from flux penetration by enhancing the first critical field…
This Comment addresses theoretical field limits for superconducting-insulating (S-I) thin films multilayers discussed by S. Posen, G. Catelani, M. Liepe, J. Sethna, and M. Transtrum [1]. It is shown that their criticism of the SIS…
We propose a concept for superconducting electric field-effect devices based on superconducting films sandwiched between ferroelectric layers. We provide theoretical calculations that indicate how the field effect in these devices could be…
Supercurrent field-effect transistors made from thin metallic films are a promising option for next-generation high-performance computation platforms. Despite extensive research, there is still no complete quantitative microscopic…
The basic theory of the linear and nonlinear ac susceptibilities of type-II superconductors is outlined for various geometries, e.g. circular and elliptic disks, rings, and strips of thin films or of thicker platelets in a perpendicular…
We consider the $N$-component Ginzburg-Landau model in the large $N$ limit, the system being embedded in an external constant magnetic field and confined between two parallel planes a distance $L$ apart from one another. On physical…
We investigate the superheating fields $H_{sh}$ of semi-infinite superconductors and layered superconductors in the diffusive limit by using the well-established quasiclassical Green's function formalism of the BCS theory. The coupled…
Theory of the superconductor-insulator-superconductor (S-I-S) multilayer structure in superconducting accelerating cavity application is reviewed. The theoretical field limit, optimum layer thicknesses and material combination, and surface…
We consider thin superconducting (S) films of thickness d $\ll \xi_{0}$, sandwiched between two ferromagnetic semiconducting insulators (FI) with differently orientated magnetizations - the FI-S-FI system. We calculate the dependence of the…
Temperature- and magnetic-field dependent measurements of the resistance of ultrathin superconducting TiN films are presented. The analysis of the temperature dependence of the zero field resistance indicates an underlying insulating…
We extend the multilayer model of \etal{Kubo} for superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) structures in two ways: first, by generalizing it to arbitrary sequences of layers of arbitrary type, i.e. superconducting, normal conducting,…
We present tunneling spectroscopy and transport measurements on disordered indium oxide films that reveal the existence of a superconducting gap in an insulating state. Two films on both sides of the disorder induced superconductor to…
We report the experimental observation of a magnetic-field-tuned superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) in ultrathin TiN films. The low temperature transport properties of these films show scaling behavior consistent with a transition…
The complex ac conductivity of thin highly disordered InOx films was studied as a function of magnetic field through the nominal two-dimensional superconductor-insulator transition. We have resolved a significant finite-frequency superfluid…
Magnetic field and electrostatically tuned superconductor-insulator (SI) transitions of ultrathin metal films with levels of disorder that place them near the disorder-tuned SI transition appear to be direct, continuous quantum phase…
It is shown that a multilayer comprised of alternating thin superconducting and insulating layers on a thick substrate can fully screen the applied magnetic field exceeding the superheating fields $H_s$ of both the superconducting layers…
We study thin films that host coexisting collinear $d$-wave altermagnetic and superconducting orders in the presence of an external magnetic field that fully penetrates the films. We use the Ginzburg-Landau functional to analyze the…
We predict that superconductivity in thin films can be stabilized in high magnetic fields if the superconductor is driven out of equilibrium by a DC voltage bias. For realistic material parameters and temperatures, we show that…
A theory of dissipative nonlinear conductivity, $\sigma_1(\omega,H)$, of s-wave superconductors under strong electromagnetic fields at low temperatures is proposed. Closed-form expressions for $\sigma_1(H)$ and the surface resistance…
We propose a superconducting diode device comprising a central superconducting film flanked by two wires carrying an applied DC bias, suitably chosen so as to generate different asymmetric field profiles. Through numerical simulations of…