Dynamics of vortex penetration, jumpwise instabilities and nonlinear surface resistance of type-II superconductors in strong rf fields

Abstract

We consider nonlinear dynamics of a single vortex in a superconductor in a strong rf magnetic field $B_0\sin \omega t$. Using the London theory, we calculate the dissipated power $Q(B_0,\omega )$, and the transient time scales of vortex motion for the linear Bardeen-Stephen viscous drag force, which results in unphysically high vortex velocities during vortex penetration through the oscillating surface barrier. It is shown that penetration of a single vortex through the ac surface barrier always involves penetration of an antivortex and the subsequent annihilation of the vortex antivortex pairs. Using the nonlinear Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) viscous drag force at higher vortex velocities $v(t)$ results in a jump-wise vortex penetration through the surface barrier and a significant increase of the dissipated power. We calculate the effect of dissipation on nonlinear vortex viscosity $\eta (v)$ and the rf vortex dynamics and show that it can also result in the LO-type behavior, instabilities, and thermal localization of penetrating vortex channels. We propose a thermal feedback model of $\eta (v)$, which not only results in the LO dependence of $\eta (v)$ for a steady-state motion, but also takes into account retardation of temperature field around rapidly accelerating vortex, and a long-range interaction with the surface. We also address the effect of pinning on the nonlinear rf vortex dynamics and the effect of trapped magnetic flux on the surface resistance $R_s$ calculated as a function or rf frequency and field. It is shown that trapped flux can result in a temperature-independent residual resistance $R_i$ at low $T$, and a hysteretic low-field dependence of $R_i(B_0)$, which can {\it decrease} as $B_0$ is increased, reaching a minimum at $B_0$ much smaller than the thermodynamic critical field $B_c$.

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