Surface barrier for flux entry and exit in mesoscopic superconducting systems

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Berdiyorov, GR [1 ]
Cabral, LRE [1 ]
Peeters, FM [1 ]
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[1] Univ Antwerp, Dept Fys, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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10.1063/1.2010351
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The energy barrier which has to be overcome for a single vortex to enter or exit the sample is studied for thin superconducting disks, rings, and squares using the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau theory. The shape and the height of the nucleation barrier is investigated for different sample radii and thicknesses and for different values of the Ginzburg-Landau parameter kappa. It is shown that the London theory considerably overestimates (underestimates) the energy barrier for vortex expulsion (penetration). (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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