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Detailed Fermi-surface structures are essential to describe the upper critical field $H_{c2}$ in type-II superconductors, as first noticed by Hohenberg and Werthamer [Phys. Rev. {\bf 153}, 493 (1967)] and shown explicitly by Butler for…
Recent measurements of the anisotropy of the upper critical field Bc2 on MgB2 single crystals have shown a puzzling strong temperature dependence. Here, we present a calculation of the upper critical field based on a detailed modeling of…
The upper critical field Hc2 is evaluated for weakly-coupled two-band superconductors. By modeling the actual bands and the gap distribution of MgB2 by two Fermi surface spheroids with average parameters of the real material, we show that…
It was obtained the equation for the definition of upper critical field $% H_{c_2}$ in the system with two overlapping energetic bands on the Fermi surface, which is valid for the whole temperature interval $0 \leq T < T_c$. The analytic…
A brief review of works on the microscopic theory of determining the upper critical field in two-band isotropic and anisotropic superconductors is given. The research is based on a set of the Ginzburg-Landau equations for the order…
Quasiclassic Uzadel equations for two-band superconductors in the dirty limit with the account of both intraband and interband scattering by nonmagnetic impurities are derived for any anisotropic Fermi surface. From these equations the…
The microscopic superconductivity theory in MgB2 systems in the magnetic fields directed parallel and perpendicular to the plane (ab) is built. The two energy bands of different dimensions overlapping on the Fermi surface (two-dimensional…
The upper critical field Hc2(T) for MgB2 is analyzed in terms of single and multi-band Eliashberg models. The relatively high value of Hc2(0) in the range of 14 to 18 Tesla can be understood, if a strongly coupled subgroup of heavy…
We report measurements of the temperature dependence of both in-plane and out-of-plane penetration depths ($\lambda_a$ and $\lambda_c$ respectively) in 2\textit{H}-NbSe$_2$. Measurements were made with a radio-frequency tunnel diode…
Studies on the new MgB2 superconductor, with a critical temperature Tc ~ 39 K, have evidenced its potential for applications although intense magnetic relaxation effects limit the critical current density, Jc, at high magnetic fields. This…
The upper critical field Hc2||c(0) of 85 kOe in Mg(B0.94C0.06)2 single crystals, determined from torque measurements, is more than twice as large as that one of 31 kOe in unsubstituted MgB2. Anisotropy of Hc2 increases from about 3.4 near…
Based on a detailed modeling of the Fermi surface topology of MgB2 we calculated the anisotropy of the upper critical field Bc2 within the two gap model. The sigma-band is modeled as a distorted cylinder and the pi-band as a half-torus,…
We report a significant enhancement of the upper critical field $H_{c2}$ of different $MgB_2$ samples alloyed with nonmagnetic impurities. By studying films and bulk polycrystals with different resistivities $\rho$, we show a clear trend of…
We show that the upper critical field in nanometer-sized Nb particles is governed by the changes in the effective Ginzburg-Landau coherence length occurring due to two competing factors: (i) the decrease in the grain size and consequent…
The superconducting upper critical field $H_{c2}(T)$ of a two dimensional BCS superconductor is calculated in the vicinity of a van-Hove singularity. The zero temperature upper critical field is strongly enhanced at weak coupling when the…
Here we report the comparison of the upper critical fields of different superconductors being calculated by two different theories i.e., Werthamer Helfand Hohenburg (WHH) and Ginzberg Landau (GL). All the samples are synthesized through…
The bulk upper critical field H_{c2}(T) of superconducting MgB_2 and its anisotropy are established by analyzing experimental data on the temperature and magnetic field dependences of the ab-plane thermal conductivity of a…
This paper presents revised calculations for the Maki parameters $\kappa_{1}$ and $\kappa_{2}$ and the pair potential $\Delta({\bf r})$ of s-wave type-II superconductors near the upper critical field $H_{c2}$ with arbitrary impurity…
Despite the intense activity in the year since the discovery of superconductivity in MgB2, key parameters, in particular the upper and lower critical fields Hc2 and Hc1 and their anisotropies, are not well-established, largely because of…
We present new upper critical field Hc2(T) data in a broad temperature region from 0.3K to Tc for LuNi2B2C and YNi2B2C single crystals with well characterized low impurity scattering rates. The absolute values for all T, in particular…