Current dependence of the minimum length of a superconducting wire

M. Gitterman, I. Shapiro, B. Ya Shapiro, E. Deutch

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Abstract

It is shown that superconductivity disappears in small current-carrying samples. The critical size of the superconductor for which a superconducting instanton exists is calculated analytically as a function of the dc bias current within the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau equations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092503
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume81
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Mar 2010

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