Published August 22, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

High-field Josephson effect caused by the inside-grain vortices

  • 1. A.A. Galkin Donetsk Physicotechnical Institute, NAS, 72 R. Luxemburg, 83114 Donetsk (Ukraine)
  • 2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Donbass Engineering Academy, 84313 Kramatorsk (Ukraine)

Description

We present a theoretical prediction of the new effects for critical currents across single grain boundaries in polycrystalline superconductors being under an applied magnetic field. It was shown that Josephson oscillation should be observed not only in the case of the increasing of the magnetic flux through the junction but also when vortex penetrates inside grain. In the intergrain Josephson junction the critical transport current is strongly dependent on the normalized grain size ratio, grain anisotropy ratio and grain coupling strength. These results imply that achieving a high degree of texture along these parameters is important for the obtaining of very high critical currents in pure polycrystalline samples. Also, it is shown that in contrast to the well-known Fraunhofer dependence, the period of oscillations corresponds to adding flux quantums per two grains

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DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2005.05.093;
PII
S0375-9601(05)00915-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
343
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 454-461
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

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