Vortices in high-performance high-temperature superconductors

WK Kwok, U Welp, A Glatz, AE Koshelev… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

Spin-orbit protection of induced superconductivity in Majorana nanowires

JDS Bommer, H Zhang, Ö Gül, B Nijholt, M Wimmer… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) plays a key role in creating Majorana zero modes in
semiconductor nanowires proximity coupled to a superconductor. We track the evolution of …

Challenges and transformative opportunities in superconductor vortex physics

S Eley, A Glatz, R Willa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In superconductors, the motion of vortices introduces unwanted dissipation that is disruptive
to applications. Fortunately, material defects can immobilize vortices, acting as vortex …

A fast semi-implicit finite-difference method for the TDGL equations

T Winiecki, CS Adams - Journal of Computational Physics, 2002 - Elsevier
We propose a finite-difference algorithm for solving the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau
(TDGL) equation coupled to the appropriate Maxwell equation. The time derivatives are …

Superconducting boundary conditions for mesoscopic circular samples

J Barba-Ortega, E Sardella… - … Science and Technology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In the present paper we solve the time dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL) equations by
using the link variables technique for two shapes of circular geometry, a circular sector and a …

Magnetic flux lines in complex geometry type-II superconductors studied by the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation

TS Alstrøm, MP Sørensen, NF Pedersen… - Acta applicandae …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation is solved numerically for type-II
superconductors of complex geometry using the finite element method. The geometry has a …

Numerical approximations of the Ginzburg–Landau models for superconductivity

Q Du - Journal of mathematical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we review various methods for the numerical approximations of the Ginzburg–
Landau models of superconductivity. Particular attention is given to the different treatment of …

Closed vortex state in three-dimensional mesoscopic superconducting films under an applied transport current

LR Cadorim, LV De Toledo, WA Ortiz, J Berger… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
By using the full 3D generalized time-dependent Ginzbug-Landau equation, we study a long
superconducting film of finite width and thickness under an applied transport current. We …

An efficient fully linearized semi-implicit Galerkin-mixed FEM for the dynamical Ginzburg–Landau equations of superconductivity

H Gao, W Sun - Journal of Computational Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper focuses on numerical study of the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL)
equations under the Lorentz gauge. The proposed method is based on a fully linearized …

A hierarchy of models for type-II superconductors

SJ Chapman - Siam Review, 2000 - SIAM
A hierarchy of models for type-II superconductors is presented. Through appropriate
asymptotic limits we pass from the mesoscopic Ginzburg--Landau model to the London …