Publication
Title
Giant paramagnetic Meissner effect in multiband superconductors
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Abstract
Superconductors, ideally diamagnetic when in the Meissner state, can also exhibit paramagnetic behavior due to trapped magnetic flux. In the absence of pinning such paramagnetic response is weak, and ceases with increasing sample thickness. Here we show that in multiband superconductors paramagnetic response can be observed even in slab geometries, and can be far larger than any previous estimate - even multiply larger than the diamagnetic Meissner response for the same applied magnetic field. We link the appearance of this giant paramagnetic response to the broad crossover between conventional Type-I and Type-II superconductors, where Abrikosov vortices interact non-monotonically and multibody effects become important, causing unique flux configurations and their locking in the presence of surfaces.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Scientific reports. - London, 2011, currens
Publication
London : Nature Publishing Group , 2015
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
10.1038/SREP12695
Volume/pages
5 (2015) , 9 p.
Article Reference
12695
ISI
000359143700001
Pubmed ID
26244936
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Research group
Project info
Superconductivity per atomic layer.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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