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Campbell Penetration Depth in Low Carrier Density Superconductor YPtBi
Physical Review B
  • Hyunsoo Kim, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Makariy A. Tanatar
  • Halyna Hodovanets, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Kefeng Wang
  • Johnpierre Paglione
  • Ruslan Prozorov
Abstract

Magnetic penetration depth, λm, was measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field in single crystals of low carrier density superconductor YPtBi by using a tunnel-diode oscillator technique. Measurements in zero DC magnetic field yield London penetration depth, λL(T), but in the applied field the signal includes the Campbell penetration depth, λC(T), which is the characteristic length of the attenuation of small excitation field, HAC, into the Abrikosov vortex lattice due to its elasticity. Whereas the magnetic field dependent λC exhibit λC ~ BP with p = 1/2 in most of the conventional and unconventional superconductors, we found that p ≈ 0.23 << 1/2 in YPtBi due to rapid suppression of the pinning strength. From the measured λC(T , H), the critical current density is jc ≈ 40 A/cm2 at 75 mK. This is orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional superconductors of comparable Tc.

Department(s)
Physics
Comments
U.S. Department of Energy, Grant GBMF9071
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
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© 2021 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
7-1-2021
Publication Date
01 Jul 2021
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Citation Information
Hyunsoo Kim, Makariy A. Tanatar, Halyna Hodovanets, Kefeng Wang, et al.. "Campbell Penetration Depth in Low Carrier Density Superconductor YPtBi" Physical Review B Vol. 104 Iss. 1 (2021) ISSN: 2469-9969; 2469-9950
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hyunsoo-kim/10/