Determining the vortex tilt relative to a superconductor surface

V. G. Kogan and J. R. Kirtley
Phys. Rev. B 96, 174516 – Published 20 November 2017

Abstract

It is of interest to determine the exit angle of a vortex from a superconductor surface, since this affects the intervortex interactions and their consequences. Two ways to determine this angle are to image the vortex magnetic fields above the surface, or the vortex core shape at the surface. In this work we evaluate the field h(x,y,z) above a flat superconducting surface x,y and the currents J(x,y) at that surface for a straight vortex tilted relative to the normal to the surface, for both the isotropic and anisotropic cases. In principle, these results can be used to determine the vortex exit tilt angle from analyses of magnetic field imaging or density of states data.

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  • Received 16 June 2017
  • Revised 12 November 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.174516

©2017 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

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V. G. Kogan

  • Ames Laboratory DOE and Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA

J. R. Kirtley

  • Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

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Vol. 96, Iss. 17 — 1 November 2017

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