Proximity Effects in Single- and Two-Band Superconducting Heterostructures: A Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Approach

Abstract

In this work, we study the proximity effects in a single- and two-band superconducting three-dimensional heterostructure, described by two condensates (condensate 1 and condensate 2) in the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the heterostructure. The distance between the interfaces of both condensates is given by the parameter ??. We solve the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations considering a Josephson-like coupling to explore properties such as magnetization, Gibbs free energy, and the Abrikosov vortex state. We propose three cases: case 1, both condensates are composed of a single-band; case 2, the condensates are composed of two bands; and case 3, condensate 1 has a single-band and condensate 2 has two bands. As a result, we highlight the variation of the first critical field and the novel vortex configurations induced by the proximity effect between the superconducting condensates. This phenomenon substantially influences the arrangement of vortices in each of the superconducting bands. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

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Título según WOS: Proximity Effects in Single- and Two-Band Superconducting Heterostructures: A Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Approach
Título según SCOPUS: Proximity Effects in Single- and Two-Band Superconducting Heterostructures: A Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Approach
Título de la Revista: Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volumen: 217
Número: 3-4
Editorial: Springer
Fecha de publicación: 2024
Página de inicio: 501
Página final: 521
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1007/s10909-024-03197-9

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS