Transverse acousto-electric effect in superconductors

0462662 - FZÚ 2017 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Lipavský, P. - Koláček, Jan - Lin, P.-J.
Transverse acousto-electric effect in superconductors.
Physica. C. Roč. 525, Jun (2016), 10-17. ISSN 0921-4534. E-ISSN 1873-2143
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Keywords : superconductivity * acousto-electric effect * Abrikosov vortex * Tolman–Stewart effect
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 1.404, year: 2016

We formulate a theory based on the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL) theory and Newtonian vortex dynamics to study the transverse acousto-electric response of a type-II superconductor with Abrikosov vortex lattice. When exposed to a transverse acoustic wave, Cooper pairs emerge from the moving atomic lattice and moving electrons. As in the Tolman–Stewart effect in a normal metal, an electromagnetic field is radiated from the superconductor. We adapt the equilibrium-based TDGL theory to this non-equilibrium system by using a floating condensation kernel. Due to the interaction between nor- mal and superconducting components, the radiated electric field as a function of magnetic field attains a maximum value occurring below the upper critical magnetic field. This local increase in electric field has weak temperature dependence and is suppressed by the presence of impurities in the superconductor.
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