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For any practical superconductor the magnitude of the critical current density, $J_\textrm{c}$, is crucially important. It sets the upper limit for current in the conductor. Usually $J_\textrm{c}$ falls rapidly with increasing external…
We report the influence of intrinsic superconducting parameters on the vortex dynamics and the critical current densities of a MgB$_2$ thin film. The small magnetic penetration depth of \lambda = 50 nm at T=4 K is related to a clean…
By using multi-bands BCS theory, we have calculated the superconductivity energy gap and the critical temperature of a thin-film metallic superconductor. The thermodynamic superconducting characteristics such as critical magnetic field,…
The current distribution across the thickness of a current-carrying rectangular film in the Meissner state was established long ago by the London brothers. The distribution across the width is more complicated but was later shown to be…
Superconducting thin-films are central to the operation of many kinds of quantum sensors and quantum computing devices: Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs), Travelling-Wave Parametric Amplifiers (TWPAs), Qubits, and Spin-based Quantum…
Universal scaling behaviour in superconductors has significantly elucidated fluctuation and phase transition phenomena in these materials. However, universal behaviour for the most practical property, the critical current, was not…
Previous continuum theory of type-II superconductors of various shapes with and without vortex pinning in an applied magnetic field and with transport current, is generalized to account for a finite London penetration depth lambda. This…
The amplitude of ground state superconducting energy gap $\Delta(0)$ and relative jump in electronic specific heat at the transition temperature, $\Delta$$C$${/}$$\gamma$$T_c$, are primary fundamental parameters of any superconductor. There…
Dissipation-free current transport in high-temperature superconductors is one of the most crucial properties of this class of materials which is directly related to the effective inhibition of flux line movement by defect structures. In…
The temperature behaviour of the first critical field ($B_{C1}$) of superconducting thin film samples can be determined with high accuracy using an inductive and contactless method. Driving a sinusoidal current in a single coil placed in…
The ability to conduct electric current without dissipating energy is a property of superconductors that is used in magnetic systems utilized in healthcare, natural sciences, and ongoing global projects in nuclear fusion and aviation. The…
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…
The transport of electrical current through a superconductor falls into three broad regimes: non-dissipative, dissipative but superconducting, and normal or non-superconducting. These regimes are demarkated by two definitions of critical…
We report on the charge carrier dynamics of superconducting titanium nitride (TiN) in the frequency range 90 - 510 GHz (3 - 17 cm-1). The experiments were perfomed on a 18 nm thick TiN film with a critical temperature of 3.4 K. Measurements…
Superconductivity has been investigated for over a century, but there are still open questions about what determines the critical current; the maximum current a superconductor can carry before switching to its normal state. For a given…
Transport critical current, Ic, is usually defined in terms of a threshold electric field criterion, Ec, with the convention Ec = 1 microVolt/cm, chosen somewhat arbitrarily to provide "reasonably small" electric power dissipation in…
\\A simple model for a superconductor with tunable critical current is studied theoretically. The model consists of a thin superconducting film with one vortex interacting with one magnetic dipole, whose magnetic moment is free to rotate,…
An increasing current through a superconductor can result in a discontinuous increase in the differential resistance at the critical current. This critical current is typically associated either with breaking of Cooper-pairs (de-pairing) or…
We develop the multi-band BCS model of superconductivity in the ultrathin films using the orthogonal tight-binding approximation for constructing the electron wavefunctions. This allows for relatively simple determination of the band…
One of the most promising routes for achieving unprecedentedly high critical currents in superconductors is to incorporate dispersed, non-superconducting nanoparticles to control the dissipative motion of vortices. However, these inclusions…