Related papers: Magnetic Penetration Depth in a Superconductor
We proceed to a systematic exploration of the low temperature dependence of the London penetration depth of isotropic superconductors within strong coupling theory in the clean limit. For a sizeable range of parameters, we find that strong…
We carry out Monte Carlo simulations of the three dimensional (3D) lattice London superconductor in zero applied magnetic field, making a detailed finite size scaling analysis of the Meissner transition. We find that the magnetic…
The magnetic penetration depth $\lambda (T)$ and the upper critical field $% \mu_{0}H_{c2}(T_{c})$ of the non-centrosymmetric (NCS) superconductor Y$_{2} $C$_{3}$ have been measured using a tunnel-diode (TDO) based resonant oscillation…
A study of the pressure effect on the magnetic penetration depth $\lambda$ in polycrystalline MgB$_{2}$ was performed by measuring the temperature dependence of the magnetization under an applied pressure of 0.15 and 1.13 GPa. We found that…
The temperature dependence of the London penetration depth $\Delta\lambda(T)$ in the superconducting doped topological crystalline insulator Sn$_{1-x}$In$_x$Te was measured down to 450 mK for two different doping levels, x $\approx$ 0.45…
The superconducting pairing state of LaPt$_{4}$Ge$_{12}$ is studied by measuring the magnetic penetration depth $\lambda(T,B)$ and the superfluid density $\rho_s(T)$ using a tunnel-diode-oscillator (TDO)-based method and by transverse field…
A d-wave superconductor with isolated strong non-magnetic impurities should exhibit an upturn in the penetration depth at low temperatures. Here we calculate how an external magnetic field supresses this effect.
Identifying the uniqueness of FeP-based superconductors may shed new lights on the mechanism of superconductivity in iron-pnictides. Here, we report nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) studies on LiFeP and LiFeAs which have the same crystal…
Irradiation with 2.5 MeV electrons at doses up to 5.2 $\times$10$^{19}$ electrons/cm$^2$ was used to introduce point-like defects in single crystals of Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ with $x=$ 0.19 ($T_c=$ 14 K), $x=$ 0.26 ($T_c=$ 32 K) and…
It is shown that the thermodynamic Rutgers relation for the second order phase transitions can be used for the analysis of the superfluid density data irrespective of complexities of the Fermi surface, structure of the superconducting gap,…
The electromagnetic response of a system with two planes per unit cell involves, in addition to the usual intraband contribution, an added interband term. These transitions affect the temperature dependence and the magnitude of the zero…
Muon spin spectroscopy measurements have been used to study the superconducting state of FeTe0.5Se0.5. The temperature dependence of the in-plane magnetic penetration depth, lambda_ab(T), is found to be compatible with either a two gap s+s…
The thermoelectric response of SND configuration is considered within the generalized Ginzburg-Landau theory for a homogeneous admixture of s-wave and d-wave superconductors. The resulting thermopower (TP) is found to strongly depend on the…
The variations of in- and inter- plane London penetration depths, $\Delta\lambda(T)$, were measured using a tunnel diode resonator in single crystals of the intrinsic pnictide superconductor LiFeAs. This compound appears to be in the clean…
Superconducting gap structure was probed in type-II Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$ by measuring the London penetration depth using tunnel diode resonator technique. At low temperatures, the data for two samples are well described by weak coupling…
We have measured the temperature dependence of the microwave surface impedance Zs = Rs + i\Omega\mu_0 \Lamda of two c-axis oriented MgB2 films at a frequency \Omega /(2\pi) of 17.9 GHz employing a dielectric (sapphire) resonator technique.…
We report measurements of the in-plane London penetration depth $\lambda$ in single crystals of the $\alpha$-PdBi$_{2}$ superconductor --- the $\alpha$-phase counterpart of the putative topological superconductor $\beta$-PdBi$_{2}$, down to…
We derive a finite temperature time-dependent effective theory for the phase $\theta$ of the pairing field, which is appropriate for a 2D conducting electron system with non-retarded d-wave attraction. As for s-wave pairing the effective…
The magnetic penetration depth, $\lambda^{-2}(T)$, in the basal plane of a magnesium diboride (MgB$_2$) film was measured using a two-coil mutual inductance technique at 50 kHz. This film has $T_c\simeq 38$ K, $\Delta T_c \leq 1$ K, and…
The London penetration depth was measured in optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 crystals, with and without columnar defects produced by 1.4 GeV 208Pb irradiation. The low temperature behavior of unirradiated samples was consistent with a fully…