TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical Simulation of Phase Transitions in Type-II Annular Superconductor Using Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau Equations
AU - Jafri, Hasnain Mehdi
AU - Ma, Xingqiao
AU - Zhao, Congpeng
AU - Huang, Houbing
AU - Anwar, Tauseef
AU - Liu, Zhuhong
AU - Chen, Long Qing
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by National Science
Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Science Foundation of China grant numbers 11174030 and 11504020. Author HMJ acknowledge Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for PhD scholarship. Supplementary Video S1 showing entrance of vortices into the annular sample is available as supplementary information, can be found at https://youtu.be/Z1mEor3TWi0.
Funding Information:
Foundation of China grant numbers 11174030 and 11504020. Author HMJ acknowledge Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for PhD scholarship.
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© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations were solved by finite element method in two-dimensional space for order parameter and energy components of the annular superconducting sample in steady magnetic fields. Vortices preferred to penetrate from the inner surface of the annulus due to lesser energy required at the concave surface. A transition magnetic field strength was observed in spatial averages of carrier concentration and energy components, showing small bumps and abrupt variations, indicating phase transition from a non-vortex to vortex state. These effects were observed to repeat with every subsequent entry of a set of vortices into the sample; transition magnetic field strength was found to depend inversely on the annular width of the sample. The present work gives a better understanding of energy variations during phase transition from non-vortex to vortex state and predicts that vortex state can be avoided by tuning the wire thickness in practical applications, e.g., superconducting electromagnets.
AB - Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations were solved by finite element method in two-dimensional space for order parameter and energy components of the annular superconducting sample in steady magnetic fields. Vortices preferred to penetrate from the inner surface of the annulus due to lesser energy required at the concave surface. A transition magnetic field strength was observed in spatial averages of carrier concentration and energy components, showing small bumps and abrupt variations, indicating phase transition from a non-vortex to vortex state. These effects were observed to repeat with every subsequent entry of a set of vortices into the sample; transition magnetic field strength was found to depend inversely on the annular width of the sample. The present work gives a better understanding of energy variations during phase transition from non-vortex to vortex state and predicts that vortex state can be avoided by tuning the wire thickness in practical applications, e.g., superconducting electromagnets.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10948-018-4586-y
DO - 10.1007/s10948-018-4586-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055322227
SN - 1557-1939
VL - 31
SP - 3445
EP - 3451
JO - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
JF - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
IS - 11
ER -