Publication
Title
Two-shell vortex and antivortex dynamics in a Corbino superconducting disk
Author
Abstract
We examine theoretically the dynamics of two vortex shells in pinning-free superconducting thin disks in the Corbino geometry. In the first considered case, the inner shell is composed of vortices and the outer one of antivortices, corresponding to a state induced by the stray field of an off-plane magnetic dipole placed on top of the superconductor. In the second considered case, both shells comprise vortices induced by a homogeneous external field. We derive the equation of motion for each shell within the Bardeen-Stephen model and study the dynamics analytically by assuming both shells are rigid and commensurate. In both cases, two distinct regimes for vortex shell motion are identified: For low applied currents the entire configuration rotates rigidly, while above a threshold current the shells decouple from each other and rotate at different angular velocities. Analytical expressions for the decoupling current, the recombination time in the decoupled phases, as well as the voltage-current characteristics are presented. Our analytical results are in excellent agreement with numerical molecular dynamics simulations of the full many-vortex problem.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1998 - 2015
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2016
ISSN
1098-0121 [print]
1550-235X [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVB.93.014515
Volume/pages
93 :1 (2016) , 18 p.
Article Reference
014515
ISI
000368481600003
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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