Experimental test of strong pinning and creep in current-voltage characteristics of type II superconductors

Abstract

Pinning and creep determine the current--voltage characteristic of a type II superconductor and thereby its potential for technological applications. The recent development of strong pinning theory provides us with a tool to assess a superconductor's electric properties in a quantitative way. Motivated by the observation of typical excess-current characteristics and field-scaling of critical currents, here, we analyze current--voltage characteristics measured on 2H-NbSe${}_2$ and $a$-MoGe type II superconductors within the setting provided by strong pinning theory. The experimentally observed shift and rounding of the voltage-onset is consistent with the predictions of strong pinning in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We find the underlying parameters determining pinning and creep and discuss their consistency.

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