Avalanche-driven fractal flux distributions in NbN superconducting films
arXiv:cond-mat/0411489 · doi:10.1063/1.1992673
Abstract
Flux distributions in thin superconducting NbN films placed in a perpendicular magnetic field have been studied using magneto-optical imaging. Below 5.5 K the flux penetrates in the form of abrupt avalanches resulting in dendritic structures. Magnetization curves in this regime exhibit extremely noisy behavior. Stability is restored both above a threshold temperature T* and applied field H*, where H* is smaller for increasing field than during descent. The dendrite size and morphology are strongly T dependent, and fractal analysis of the first dendrites entering into a virgin film shows that dendrites formed at higher T have larger fractal dimension.
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