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Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Naufer Nusran, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Kamal R. Joshi, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Kyuil Cho, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Makariy A. Tanatar, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • William R. Meier, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Sergey Bud’ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Yong Liu, Ames Laboratory
  • Thomas A. Lograsso, Ames Laboratory
  • Ruslan Prozorov, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
4-12-2018
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
Report Number
IS-J 9590
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/aab47c
Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Abstract

Non-invasive magnetic field sensing using optically-detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond was used to study spatial distribution of the magnetic induction upon penetration and expulsion of weak magnetic fields in several representative superconductors. Vector magnetic fields were measured on the surface of conventional, elemental Pb and Nb, and compound LuNi2B2C and unconventional iron-based superconductors Ba1−x KxFe2As2 (x=0.34 optimal hole doping), Ba(Fe1−x Cox)2As2 (x=0.07 optimal electron doping), and stoichiometric CaKFe4As4, using variable-temperature confocal system with diffraction-limited spatial resolution. Magnetic induction profiles across the crystal edges were measured in zero-field-cooled and field-cooled conditions. While all superconductors show nearly perfect screening of magnetic fields applied after cooling to temperatures well below the superconducting transition, Tc, a range of very different behaviors was observed for Meissner expulsion upon cooling in static magnetic field from above Tc. Substantial conventional Meissner expulsion is found in LuNi2B2C, paramagnetic Meissner effect is found in Nb, and virtually no expulsion is observed in iron-based superconductors. In all cases, good correlation with macroscopic measurements of total magnetic moment is found.

Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Naufer Nusran, Kamal R. Joshi, Kyuil Cho, Makariy A. Tanatar, et al.. "Spatially-resolved study of the Meissner effect in superconductors using NV-centers-in-diamond optical magnetometry" Vol. 20 Iss. 043010 (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_lograsso/249/