Pinning of fluxons by structure of Abrikosov vortices in long Josephson tunnel junction

Author

Gubankov, V.N. ; Lisitskii, M.P. ; Serpuchenko, I.L. ; Fistul, M.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radioeng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2516

Lastpage

2519

Abstract

The influence of Abrikosov vortices (A-vortices) on the dynamics of fluxons (Josephson vortices) in Nb-AlO/sub x/Nb long Josephson tunnel junctions (LJTJs) has been investigated experimentally. Trapping of Abrikosov vortices was obtained by cooling of the junction through the superconducting transition temperature in magnetic fields applied perpendicularly to the plane of the junction (H/sub perpendicular to /). The dependences of the Josephson critical current on an external magnetic field applied parallel to the plane of the junction were measured after cooling at different values of H/sub perpendicular to /. Changes of both the maximum Josephson critical current and the critical magnetic field of LJTJ H/sub c1/ have been observed for an LJTJ with an irregular structure of A-vortices trapped in the electrodes of the junction. The effects are explained by the pinning of Josephson vortices at the effective misaligned A-vortices.<>

Keywords

Josephson effect; aluminium compounds; critical currents; flux pinning; niobium; superconducting junction devices; superconducting transition temperature; Abrikosov vortices; Josephson critical current; Nb-AlO/sub x/Nb; SIS junctions; critical magnetic field; fluxons pinning; long Josephson tunnel junction; magnetic fields; superconducting transition temperature; vortex trapping; Cooling; Critical current; Current measurement; Electrodes; Magnetic field measurement; Niobium; Sputtering; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting transition temperature; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233541

Filename

233541