Tuning microwave losses in superconducting resonators

A Gurevich - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of superconducting resonators, particularly cavities for particle
accelerators and micro cavities and thin film resonators for quantum computations and …

Controlling magnetic flux penetration in low-T C superconducting films and hybrids

F Colauto, M Motta, WA Ortiz - Superconductor Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In realistic situations, a typical scenario for applications of type II superconductors
necessarily includes vortices, usually in the presence of currents. Under these …

Theory of RF superconductivity for resonant cavities

A Gurevich - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of a theory of electromagnetic response of superconductors in strong radio-
frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields is given with the emphasis on applications to …

Macroscopic modeling of magnetization and levitation of hard type-II superconductors: The critical-state model

C Navau, N Del-Valle, A Sanchez - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review the modeling progress of the magnetic response of hard type-II superconductors
(SCs) using the critical-state model (CSM). We focus on magnetization loops when a uniform …

[HTML][HTML] Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures

A Gurevich - AIP Advances, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
It is shown that a multilayer comprised of alternating thin superconducting and insulating
layers on a thick substrate can fully screen the applied magnetic field exceeding the …

Selective triggering of magnetic flux avalanches by an edge indentation

L Jiang, C Xue, L Burger, B Vanderheyden… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We numerically investigate the effect of an edge indentation on the threshold field of
thermomagnetic instabilities in superconducting films subjected to a ramping magnetic field …

Nucleation and propagation of thermomagnetic avalanches in thin-film superconductors

JI Vestgården, TH Johansen, YM Galperin - Low Temperature Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A very important feature of superconductors is the Meissner and Ochsenfeld effect—
expulsion of weak external magnetic fields, H, from their interior. Therefore, a …

Nonlocal electrodynamics of normal and superconducting films

JI Vestgården, P Mikheenko, YM Galperin… - New Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrically conducting films in a time-varying transverse applied magnetic field are
considered. Their behavior is strongly influenced by the self-field of the induced currents …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical strain triggering flux jumps of multi-filamentary Nb3Sn wires

QY Wang, C Xue, YH Zhou - Superconductivity, 2022 - Elsevier
The composite multi-filamentary Nb 3 Sn wire with a high critical current density is a
preferred option for fabricating the superconducting magnet beyond the limit of NbTi wire (9 …

Lightning in superconductors

JI Vestgården, DV Shantsev, YM Galperin… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Crucially important for application of type-II superconductor films is the stability of the vortex
matter–magnetic flux lines penetrating the material. If some vortices get detached from …