Superconducting Vortices in ac Fields: Does the Kohn Theorem Work?

N. B. Kopnin; V. M. Vinokur

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.017003

Superconducting Vortices in ac Fields: Does the Kohn Theorem Work?

N. B. Kopnin and V. M. Vinokur

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 017003 – Published 13 June 2001

Abstract

Electrodynamics of clean pinning-free type II superconductors in the mixed state is derived using the Boltzmann kinetic equations for excitations. The condition of the vortex cyclotron resonance is found. The reason why this resonance does not comply with the Kohn theorem is discussed.

Received 13 February 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.017003

Authors & Affiliations

N. B. Kopnin^1,2 and V. M. Vinokur³

¹Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT Finland
²L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117940 Moscow, Russia
³Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439