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Experimental Study of the Inductance of Pinned Vortices in Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-d Films
Using a two-coil mutual inductance method, we have measured the complex
resistivity, rho_v(T,Be), of pinned vortices in c-axis pulsed laser deposited
YBa2Cu3O7-d films with magnetic field Be applied perpendicular to the film. At
low frequencies, (<100 kHz), rho_v is inductive and is inversely proportional
to the Labusch parameter, the average vortex pinning force constant, kappa_exp.
The observed weakening of kappa_exp with Be is consistent with a simple model
based on linear pinning defects. Adding classical thermal fluctuations to the
model in a simple way describes the observed linear T dependence of rho_v,
below ~15 K and provides reasonable values for the effective radius (.3 nm to
>.8 nm) of the defects and the depth of the pinning potential. The success of
this model implies that thermal supercurrent (phase) fluctuations have their
full classical amplitude down to 5 K for frequencies below the characteristic
depinning frequency. To date, no sufficient theory exists to explain the data
between ~15 K and the vortex glass melting temperature.Comment: 31 pages, 8 figures. Subm. to PR
Effect of Thermal Phase Fluctuations on the Inductances of Josephson Junctions, Arrays of Junctions, and Superconducting Films
We calculate the factor by which thermal phase fluctuations, as distinct from
phase-slip fluctuations, increase the inductance, LJ, of a resistively-shunted
Josephson junction (JJ) above its mean-field value, L0. We find that quantum
mechanics suppresses fluctuations when T drops below a temperature, TQ =
h/kBGL0, where G is the shunt conductance. Examination of the calculated sheet
inductance, LA(T)/L0(T), of arrays of JJ's reveals that 2-D interconnections
halve fluctuation effects, while reducing phase-slip effects by a much larger
factor. Guided by these results, we calculate the sheet inductance,
LF(T)/L0(T), of 2-D films by treating each plasma oscillation mode as an
overdamped JJ. In disordered s-wave superconductors, quantum suppression is
important for LF(0)/LF(T) > 0.14, (or, T/TC0 < 0.94). In optimally doped YBCO
and BSCCO quantum suppression is important for l2(0)/l2(T) > 0.25, where l is
the penetration depth.Comment: 15 pages; 4 figures. Submitted to Physical Review B, May 199