A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films
A model for superconductivity in thin films having variable thickness is derived through an averaging process across the film. When the film is of uniform thickness the model is identical to a model for superconducting cylinders as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter tends to ∞. This means that all superc...
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| description | A model for superconductivity in thin films having variable thickness is derived through an averaging process across the film. When the film is of uniform thickness the model is identical to a model for superconducting cylinders as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter tends to ∞. This means that all superconducting materials, whether type I or type II in bulk, behave as type-II superconductors when made into sufficiently thin films. When the film is of non-uniform thickness the variations in thickness appear as spatially varying coefficients in the thin-film differential equations. After providing a formal derivation of the model, some results about solutions of the variable thickness model are given. In particular, it is shown that solutions obtained from the new model are an appropriate limit of a sequence of averages of solutions of the three-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model as the thickness of the film tends to zero. An application of the variable thickness thin film model to flux pinning is then provided. In particular, the results of a numerical calculation are given that show that the vortex-like structures present in superconductors are attracted to relatively thin regions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7e24ea93-1708-40a2-8bdb-adf2251bb77a2022-03-26T21:08:22ZA model for variable thickness superconducting thin filmsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7e24ea93-1708-40a2-8bdb-adf2251bb77aSymplectic Elements at Oxford1996Chapman, SDu, QGunzburger, MDA model for superconductivity in thin films having variable thickness is derived through an averaging process across the film. When the film is of uniform thickness the model is identical to a model for superconducting cylinders as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter tends to ∞. This means that all superconducting materials, whether type I or type II in bulk, behave as type-II superconductors when made into sufficiently thin films. When the film is of non-uniform thickness the variations in thickness appear as spatially varying coefficients in the thin-film differential equations. After providing a formal derivation of the model, some results about solutions of the variable thickness model are given. In particular, it is shown that solutions obtained from the new model are an appropriate limit of a sequence of averages of solutions of the three-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model as the thickness of the film tends to zero. An application of the variable thickness thin film model to flux pinning is then provided. In particular, the results of a numerical calculation are given that show that the vortex-like structures present in superconductors are attracted to relatively thin regions. |
| spellingShingle | Chapman, S Du, Q Gunzburger, MD A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films |
| title | A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films |
| title_full | A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films |
| title_fullStr | A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films |
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| title_short | A model for variable thickness superconducting thin films |
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