Geometry-induced reduction of the critical current in superconducting nanowires

Autor: Henrich, D., Reichensperger, P., Hofherr, M., Ilin, K., Siegel, M., Semenov, A., Zotova, A., Vodolazov, D. Yu.
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B, American Physical Society, 2012, 86, 144504
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.144504
Popis: Reduction of the critical current in narrow superconducting NbN lines with sharp and rounded bends with respect to the critical current in straight lines was studied at different temperatures. We compare our experimental results with the reduction expected in the framework of the London model and the Ginsburg-Landau model. We have experimentally found that the reduction is significantly less than either model predicts. We also show that in our NbN lines the bends mostly contribute to the reduction of the critical current at temperatures well below the superconducting transition temperature.
Databáze: arXiv