Thermal suppression of surface barrier in ultrasmall superconducting structures W. V. Pogosov Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian.

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Thermal suppression of surface barrier in ultrasmall superconducting structures W. V. Pogosov Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia W. V. Pogosov, Phys. Rev. B 81, (2010)

I. Motivation II. Surface barrier A. Prehistory B. Surface barrier in LLL approximation C. Viscosity D. First passage time III. Geometry-induced fluctuations IV. Conclusions Outline

Motivation No hysteresis for vortex entry/exit ! Experiment of Roditchevs group Cren et al., PRL (2009)

Experiment of Hasegawas group - The width of hysteresis was significantly smaller than expected from theory - Temperature was twice lower than in the experiment of Roditchevs group Nishio et al., PRL (2008).

Thermal activation of vortices over the surface barrier?

Prehistory - Bean and Livingston, PRL (1964). - Instability of Meissner state with respect to perturbations of the order parameter and magnetic field essentially the same result. - Full GL treatment in mesoscopic superconductors: F. M. Peeters and coworkers.

Thermoactivation over the surface barrierThermoactivation over the surface barrier vacuum superconductor Petukhov and Chechetkin, JETP (1974). Approach: 1. Surface barrier: London theory 2. Viscosity coefficient: in bulk 3. Penetration time: Fokker-Planck equation (kinetics) Thermoactivation is not possible! High-T c cuprates! Burlachkov et al., PRB (1994): 2D pancake vortices and 3D vortices – thermoactivation is possible State of the art: In low-T c not possible, in high-T c possible H

In connection with Roditchevs group experiment Surface barrier disc Model d = 5.5 nm – disc thickness; T = 4.3 K - temperature; H = T – vortex entry/exit = 48 nm R = 149 nm

General idea ! -London model is definitely not applicable, moreover vortex coordinate is not a good independent variable -We will use, at all steps of the derivation, Landau level populations as good variables instead of the bad vortex coordinate (i)Surface barrier profile (ii)Viscosity (iii)Fokker-Planck equation

GL energy (dimensionless units) Landau-level representation of the order parameter (F.M. Peeters with coworkers) Regime of ultimate vortex confinement:

Eigen-value equation for the kinetic-energy operator Solution (Kummer function):

Energy Optimal path:

Vortex motion Magnetic field variation (in time) Electric field Energy dissipation in vortex core Viscosity (Bardeen-Stephen model) Viscosity Supercurrent: An additional vector potential created by the supercurrent: Electrodynamics of the disc: Perturbation theory

Electric field (Faraday law) Dissipation rate: Vortex penetration Supercurrent (the leading-order contribution in c 1 ):

Additional vector potential (after integrating kernel on angle) where E and K are complete elliptic integrals of the first and second kind Electric field: Dissipation rate:

Thus, we have introduced and estimated a viscosity associated with the projections of the order parameter on Landau levels Demagnetization effects were included into consideration

We now know profile of the surface barrier and viscosity in terms of Landau-level populations First passage time Probability to find a system at t in c 1, provided it was in c 1 at t = 0. The system is homogeneous In time, so we can switch to

Backward Fokker-Planck equationBackward Fokker-Planck equation Probability that the system is still within relevant interval Integrate FP equation over c 1

Average exit time Integrate over t the equation for G: Boundary conditions: - probability to exit within time dt reflecting absorbing

First passage timeFirst passage time abs

Final expression (Arrhenius-like)Final expression (Arrhenius-like) Reasons for short exit/entry time: 1) Very small thickness (low barrier + strong demagnetization) 2) Very small lateral dimensions (suppression of the order parameter + weak diamagnetic response) 3) Temperature is not very low

Conclusions - We proposed an explanation of the recent experimental results by Roditchevs and Hasegawas groups in terms of a thermal activation of vortices over the surface barrier. - We suggested a new theoretical approach to the problem of vortex thermal activation, suitable for nanosized superconductors. The idea is to incorporate LLL approximation into the kinetic theory (Fokker-Planck equation) – at all steps of the derivation.