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Critical currents for vortex defect motion in superconducting arrays
We study numerically the motion of vortices in two-dimensional arrays of
resistively shunted Josephson junctions. An extra vortex is created in the
ground states by introducing novel boundary conditions and made mobile by
applying external currents. We then measure critical currents and the
corresponding pinning energy barriers to vortex motion, which in the
unfrustrated case agree well with previous theoretical and experimental
findings. In the fully frustrated case our results also give good agreement
with experimental ones, in sharp contrast with the existing theoretical
prediction. A physical explanation is provided in relation with the vortex
motion observed in simulations.Comment: To appear in Physical Review
20 K superconductivity in heavily electron doped surface layer of FeSe bulk crystal
A superconducting transition temperature Tc as high as 100 K was recently
discovered in 1 monolayer (1ML) FeSe grown on SrTiO3 (STO). The discovery
immediately ignited efforts to identify the mechanism for the dramatically
enhanced Tc from its bulk value of 7 K. Currently, there are two main views on
the origin of the enhanced Tc; in the first view, the enhancement comes from an
interfacial effect while in the other it is from excess electrons with strong
correlation strength. The issue is controversial and there are evidences that
support each view. Finding the origin of the Tc enhancement could be the key to
achieving even higher Tc and to identifying the microscopic mechanism for the
superconductivity in iron-based materials. Here, we report the observation of
20 K superconductivity in the electron doped surface layer of FeSe. The
electronic state of the surface layer possesses all the key spectroscopic
aspects of the 1ML FeSe on STO. Without any interface effect, the surface layer
state is found to have a moderate Tc of 20 K with a smaller gap opening of 4
meV. Our results clearly show that excess electrons with strong correlation
strength alone cannot induce the maximum Tc, which in turn strongly suggests
need for an interfacial effect to reach the enhanced Tc found in 1ML FeSe/STO.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Spatiotemporal Stochastic Resonance in Fully Frustrated Josephson Ladders
We consider a Josephson-junction ladder in an external magnetic field with
half flux quantum per plaquette. When driven by external currents, periodic in
time and staggered in space, such a fully frustrated system is found to display
spatiotemporal stochastic resonance under the influence of thermal noise. Such
resonance behavior is investigated both numerically and analytically, which
reveals significant effects of anisotropy and yields rich physics.Comment: 8 pages in two columns, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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