Macroscopic Aharonov--Bohm Effect in Type-I Superconductors

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In type-I superconducting cylinders bulk superconductivity is destroyed above the first critical current. Below the second critical current the `type-I mixed state' displays fluctuation superconductivity which contributes to the total current. A magnetic flux on the axis of the cylinder can change the second critical current by as much as 50 percent so that half a flux quantum can switch the cylinder from normal conduction to superconductivity: the Aharonov--Bohm effect manifests itself in macroscopically large resistance changes of the cylinder.
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Superconductivity, Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25750

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501624
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501624
 Europhysics Letters 69, 431 (2005)
 doi:10.1209/epl/i2004-10369-0

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