Local measurements of the superconducting penetration depth
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Measurements of the superconducting penetration depth, which is closely related to the superfluid density, are among the first characterizations of new superconductors. These measurements give insight into the gap structure, a key stepping stone to a microscopic understanding of the system. I will review several techniques for measuring the penetration depth, and describe how we can use scanning SQUID microscopy to measure it locally. These local measurements often reveal spatial inhomogeneity in the penetration depth. Spatial inhomogeneity is a problem, since every experimental probe of the penetration depth assumes uniformity. This discrepancy motivated us to study penetration depth inhomogeneity in two ways: by creating and measuring a model system with controlled local penetration depth, and by calculation.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Lippman, Tom |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Moler, Kathryn A |
| Thesis advisor | Moler, Kathryn A |
| Thesis advisor | Kapitulnik, Aharon |
| Thesis advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Advisor | Kapitulnik, Aharon |
| Advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Tom Lippman. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2013. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Thomas Michael Lippman
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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