2004/09/30 by Ernst Helmut Brandt · 2 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed matter physics #Geometry #Ginzburg–Landau theory #Lattice (music) #Magnetic field #Magnetic properties of thin films #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanics #Perpendicular #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum mechanics #Superconducting Materials and Applications #Superconductivity #Thin film #Vortex #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.71.014521
12 pages including 14 Figures, corrected, Fig.14 added, appears in Phys. Rev. B 71, issue 1 (2005)
arxiv created 2004/12/16 · openalex publication_date 2005/01/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The Ginzburg-Landau equations are solved for ideally periodic vortex lattices in superconducting films of arbitrary thickness in a perpendicular magnetic field. The order parameter, current density, magnetic moment, and the three-dimensional magnetic field inside and outside the film are obtained in the entire ranges of the applied magnetic field, Ginzburg-Landau parameter \ensuremathκ, and film thickness. The superconducting order parameter varies very little near the surface (\ensuremath≈1%) and the energy of the film surface is small. The shear modulus c66 of the triangular vortex lattice in thin films coincides with the bulk c66 taken at large \ensuremathκ. In thin type-I superconductor films with \ensuremathκ<1∕√(2),\phantom\rule0.2em0exc66 can be positive at low fields and negative at high fields. The magnetization of thin films at small applied fields is enhanced beyond its bulk value \ensuremath-Hc1 due to the energy of the magnetic stray field.