Josephson-plasma and vortex modes in layered superconductors
Abstract
The Josephson-plasma and vortex modes in layered superconductors have been studied theoretically for low magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to layers. The two modes belong to the same lowest-frequency branch of collective-mode spectrum localized near vortices. This is the Josephson-plasma resonance if pancakes are strongly pinned and cannot move. Otherwise the lowest-frequency mode is a vortex mode governed by pancake pinning and the vortex mass. The latter is strongly enhanced by wandering of a vortex line around its average direction. The recently observed jump of the magnetoabsorption-resonance frequency at the vortex phase transition line is interpreted as a transition from the Josephson-plasma to the vortex mode.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912256,
title = {Josephson-plasma and vortex modes in layered superconductors},
author = {E. B. Sonin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912256},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett