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Autori principali: Zhu, Dong, Charaev, Ilya, Ilin, Konstantin, Schilling, Andreas
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23404
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author Zhu, Dong
Charaev, Ilya
Ilin, Konstantin
Schilling, Andreas
author_facet Zhu, Dong
Charaev, Ilya
Ilin, Konstantin
Schilling, Andreas
contents We report on results of simulations and experiments of vortex states in superconducting micro-wires with periodic rectangular pinhole structures. The simulations have been performed by means of numerically solving the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations. With increasing bias current and for different values of the external magnetic field applied normal to the structure plane, we observe at first a vortex free Meissner state, followed by a resistive vortex-flow mixed state and a state with a more complex vortex pattern. The resulting dependence of the critical current Ic on magnetic field exhibits two plateaus with distinctly different vortex dynamics. Corresponding experimentally measured magnetic-field dependences of Ic of WSi microwires with periodic pinhole structures and varying hole spacing confirmed the predictions of these simulations, showing two ranges of magnetic field with almost field-independent critical currents. The experimentally determined critical currents are larger for a smaller pinhole spacing, in agreement with the results of the TDGL simulations. The good agreement of the simulations with the experimental results provides a convenient strategy for the optimization of single-photon detectors with or without artificial and natural defects.
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spellingShingle Magnetic-field dependent vortex dynamics and critical currents in superconducting microwires with regular large-area perforation by pinholes
Zhu, Dong
Charaev, Ilya
Ilin, Konstantin
Schilling, Andreas
Superconductivity
We report on results of simulations and experiments of vortex states in superconducting micro-wires with periodic rectangular pinhole structures. The simulations have been performed by means of numerically solving the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations. With increasing bias current and for different values of the external magnetic field applied normal to the structure plane, we observe at first a vortex free Meissner state, followed by a resistive vortex-flow mixed state and a state with a more complex vortex pattern. The resulting dependence of the critical current Ic on magnetic field exhibits two plateaus with distinctly different vortex dynamics. Corresponding experimentally measured magnetic-field dependences of Ic of WSi microwires with periodic pinhole structures and varying hole spacing confirmed the predictions of these simulations, showing two ranges of magnetic field with almost field-independent critical currents. The experimentally determined critical currents are larger for a smaller pinhole spacing, in agreement with the results of the TDGL simulations. The good agreement of the simulations with the experimental results provides a convenient strategy for the optimization of single-photon detectors with or without artificial and natural defects.
title Magnetic-field dependent vortex dynamics and critical currents in superconducting microwires with regular large-area perforation by pinholes
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23404