Cargando…

Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal

We study the magnetic field response of millimeter scale fractal Sierpinski gaskets (SG) assembled of superconducting equilateral triangular patches. Directly imaged quantitative induction maps reveal hierarchical periodic filling of enclosed void areas with multiquanta magnetic flux, which jumps in...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K., Divan, Ralu, Rosenmann, Daniel, Welp, Ulrich, Glatz, Andreas, Kwok, Wai-Kwong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10400563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37537249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39733-y
_version_ 1785084470525689856
author Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K.
Divan, Ralu
Rosenmann, Daniel
Welp, Ulrich
Glatz, Andreas
Kwok, Wai-Kwong
author_facet Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K.
Divan, Ralu
Rosenmann, Daniel
Welp, Ulrich
Glatz, Andreas
Kwok, Wai-Kwong
author_sort Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K.
collection PubMed
description We study the magnetic field response of millimeter scale fractal Sierpinski gaskets (SG) assembled of superconducting equilateral triangular patches. Directly imaged quantitative induction maps reveal hierarchical periodic filling of enclosed void areas with multiquanta magnetic flux, which jumps inside the voids in repeating bundles of individual flux quanta Φ(0). The number N(s) of entering flux quanta in different triangular voids of the SG is proportional to the linear size s of the void, while the field periodicity of flux jumps varies as 1/s. We explain this behavior by modeling the triangular voids in the SG with effective superconducting rings and by calculating their response following the London analysis of persistent currents, J(s), induced by the applied field H(a) and by the entering flux. With changing H(a), J(s) reaches a critical value in the vertex joints that connect the triangular superconducting patches and allows the giant flux jumps into the SG voids through phase slips or multiple Abrikosov vortex transfer across the vertices. The unique flux behavior in superconducting SG patterns, may be used to design tunable low-loss resonators with multi-line high-frequency spectrum for microwave technologies.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10400563
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Nature Publishing Group UK
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-104005632023-08-05 Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K. Divan, Ralu Rosenmann, Daniel Welp, Ulrich Glatz, Andreas Kwok, Wai-Kwong Sci Rep Article We study the magnetic field response of millimeter scale fractal Sierpinski gaskets (SG) assembled of superconducting equilateral triangular patches. Directly imaged quantitative induction maps reveal hierarchical periodic filling of enclosed void areas with multiquanta magnetic flux, which jumps inside the voids in repeating bundles of individual flux quanta Φ(0). The number N(s) of entering flux quanta in different triangular voids of the SG is proportional to the linear size s of the void, while the field periodicity of flux jumps varies as 1/s. We explain this behavior by modeling the triangular voids in the SG with effective superconducting rings and by calculating their response following the London analysis of persistent currents, J(s), induced by the applied field H(a) and by the entering flux. With changing H(a), J(s) reaches a critical value in the vertex joints that connect the triangular superconducting patches and allows the giant flux jumps into the SG voids through phase slips or multiple Abrikosov vortex transfer across the vertices. The unique flux behavior in superconducting SG patterns, may be used to design tunable low-loss resonators with multi-line high-frequency spectrum for microwave technologies. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10400563/ /pubmed/37537249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39733-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Article
Vlasko-Vlasov, Vitalii K.
Divan, Ralu
Rosenmann, Daniel
Welp, Ulrich
Glatz, Andreas
Kwok, Wai-Kwong
Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title_full Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title_fullStr Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title_full_unstemmed Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title_short Multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
title_sort multiquanta flux jumps in superconducting fractal
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10400563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37537249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39733-y
work_keys_str_mv AT vlaskovlasovvitaliik multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal
AT divanralu multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal
AT rosenmanndaniel multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal
AT welpulrich multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal
AT glatzandreas multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal
AT kwokwaikwong multiquantafluxjumpsinsuperconductingfractal