GEOMETRICAL BARRIER IN A SUPERCONDUCTING STRIP: SINGLE-VORTEX APPROACH

Abstract

The problem of the geometrical barrier is solved for the vortex fragment entering from the corners of a superconducting strip, placed into a perpendicular magnetic field. A single-vortex Gibbs potential is constructed for the first time taking into account the actual current/field distribution in a sample of rectangular cross-section. The dependence of the vortex inclination angle as well as the vortex altitude on the external magnetic field is determined. Geometrical barrier-suppression field is found at which near-the-edge vortices start penetrating deep into the strip.