Low-field magnetic response of complex superconductors
- 16 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (16) , 1727-1730
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.1727
Abstract
Solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equations for a complex superconducting phase are presented for regions close to a domain wall and to the surface. The finite local magnetization found at these inhomogeneities yields a small magnetic response via a movement of domain walls in an external magnetic field. We examine line defects in the walls which are vortices enclosing a fraction of the universal flux quantum.Keywords
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