Localization of superconductivity in superconductor-electromagnet hybrids
Abstract
We investigate the nucleation of superconductivity in a superconducting Al strip under the influence of the magnetic field generated by a current-carrying Nb wire, perpendicularly oriented and located underneath the strip. The inhomogeneous magnetic field, induced by the Nb wire, produces a spatial modulation of the critical temperature Tc, leading to a controllable localization of the superconducting order parameter (OP) wave function. We demonstrate that close to the phase boundary Tc(Bext) the localized OP solution can be displaced reversibly by either applying an external perpendicular magnetic field Bext or by changing the amplitude of the inhomogeneous field.
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