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We have measured the temperature dependence of the in-plane London penetration depth lambda(T) and the maximum Josephson current Ic(T) using bicrystal grain boundary Josephson junctions of the electron-doped cuprate superconductor…
The in-plane magnetic penetration depth, $\lambda_m(T)$, was measured in single crystals of SrPd$_2$Ge$_2$ superconductor in a dilution refrigerator down to T=60 mK and in magnetic fields up to $H_{dc} = 1$ T by using a tunnel diode…
We study the basic thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties of the superconductor described by the negative-$U$ Hubbard model (gap parameter $\Delta$, critical temperature $T_c$, London penetration depth $\lambda$, thermodynamic…
The London penetration depth $\lambda(T)$ has been measured in single crystals of Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ using the tunnel diode resonator technique. The measured doping levels of $x=$~0.038, 0.047, 0.058, 0.074 and 0.10 range…
The low temperature thermal conductivity of a d-wave superconductor is considered for arbitrary strength of the impurity potential. A random distribution of vortices is included within the usual semiclassical approach. The…
Low-temperature variable-energy electron irradiation was used to induce non-magnetic disorder in a single crystal of hole-doped iron-based superconductor, Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$, $x=$0.80. To avoid systematic errors, the beam energy…
We report tunnel diode resonator measurements of in-plane London penetration depth, $\lambda(T)$, in optimally-doped single crystals of Fe(Te$_{0.58}$Se$_{0.42}$) with $T_c\sim$ 14.8 K. Systematic measurements were carried out for six…
We present a simple derivation of an expression for the superfluid density $ n_s \propto 1/\lambda^2 $ in superconductors with the tight binding energy dispersion. The derived expression is discussed in detail because of its distinction…
The low temperature variation of the London penetration depth for a number of iron-pnictide and iron-chalcogenide superconductors is nearly quadratic, $\Delta \lambda(T) = \beta T^n$ with $n\approx 2$. The coefficient in this dependence…
The fluctuation spectrum responsible for the inelastic scattering in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.99}$ which was recently determined from consideration of the in-plane optical conductivity in the infrared, is used to calculate the temperature…
We present resistivity and magnetization measurements on proton-irradiated crystals demonstrating that the superconducting state in the doped topological superconductor Nb$_x$Bi$_2$Se$_3$ (x = 0.25) is surprisingly robust against…
The London penetration depth $\lambda$ is the basic length scale for electromagnetic behavior in a superconductor. Precise measurements of $\lambda$ as a function of temperature, field, and impurity scattering have been instrumental in…
Experiments on the irradiation-induced suppression of the critical temperature in high-Tc superconductors are analyzed within the mean-field Abrikosov-Gor'kov-like approach. It is shown that the experimental data for YBa2Cu3O7 single…
The optimum design of high-sensitivity Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) and other devices based on thin HTS films requires accurate inductance modeling. This needs the London penetration depth $\lambda$ to be well…
We have studied the microwave electrodynamics of single crystal iron-based superconductors Ba$_{0.72}$K$_{0.28}$Fe$_2$As$_2$ (hole-doped, $T_\mathrm{c}$ $\approx $30 K) and Ba(Fe$_{0.95}$Co$_{0.05}$)$_2$As$_2$ (electron-doped,…
We have measured the penetration depth $\lambda(T)$ on $\rm YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7}$ thin films from transmission at 120, 330 and 510~GHz, between 5 and 50~K. Our data yield simultaneously the absolute value and the temperature dependence of…
We have studied the in- and out-of-plane magnetic penetration depths in the hole- doped iron based superconductor Ba$_{1-x}$K$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($T_{c}\approx$ 30K). The study was performed on single crystals grown from different fluxes…
The real $R_s(T)$ and imaginary $X_s(T)$ parts of the surface impedance $Z_s(T)=R_s(T)+iX_s(T)$ in polycrystalline MgB$_2$ samples of different density with the critical temperature $T_c\approx 38$ K are measured at the frequency of 9.4 GHz…
Using a radio frequency tunnel diode oscillator technique, we measured the temperature dependence of the in-plane London penetration depth $\Delta\lambda_{ab}(T)$ in Fe$_{1+y}$(Te$_{1-x}$Se$_{x})$ single crystals, down to temperatures as…
Low temperature ($\sim$ 20~K) electron irradiation with 2.5 MeV relativistic electrons was used to study the effect of controlled non-magnetic disorder on the normal and superconducting properties of the type-II Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$. We…