Superconductivity in atomically thin films: 2D critical state model

The comprehensive understanding of superconductivity is a multi-scale task that involves several levels, starting from the electronic scale determining the microscopic mechanism, going to the phenomenological scale describing vortices and the continuum-elastic scale describing vortex matter, to the...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-02
Main Authors: Gaggioli, Filippo, Blatter, Gianni, Novoselov, Kostya S, Geshkenbein, Vadim B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Graphene
Magnetic properties
Superconducting devices
Superconductivity
Thin films
Transport phenomena
Transport properties
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Summary:The comprehensive understanding of superconductivity is a multi-scale task that involves several levels, starting from the electronic scale determining the microscopic mechanism, going to the phenomenological scale describing vortices and the continuum-elastic scale describing vortex matter, to the macroscopic scale relevant in technological applications. The prime example for such a macro-phenomenological description is the Bean model that is hugely successful in describing the magnetic and transport properties of bulk superconducting devices. Motivated by the development of novel devices based on superconductivity in atomically thin films, such as twisted-layer graphene, here, we present a simple macro-phenomenological description of the critical state in such two-dimensional (2D) thin films. While transverse screening and demagnetization can be neglected in these systems, thereby simplifying the task in comparison with usual film- and platelet shaped samples, surface and bulk pinning are important elements to be included. We use our 2D critical state model to describe the transport and magnetic properties of 2D thin-film devices, including the phenomenon of non-reciprocal transport in devices with asymmetric boundaries and the superconducting diode effect.
ISSN:2331-8422