LONG-RANGE FLUCTUATION-INDUCED ATTRACTION OF VORTICES TO THE SURFACE IN LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS

Authors
BRANDT EH MINTS RG SNAPIRO IB
Citation
Eh. Brandt et al., LONG-RANGE FLUCTUATION-INDUCED ATTRACTION OF VORTICES TO THE SURFACE IN LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physical review letters, 76(5), 1996, pp. 827-830
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
827 - 830
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:5<827:LFAOVT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
It is shown that in extremely anisotropic layered superconductors the interaction of vortex lines with a parallel planar surface, which for straight lines along the c axis decreases exponentially over the in-pl ane penetration depth lambda, becomes a long-range dipole-dipole attra ction when the vortex line is distorted randomly. This novel long-rang e fluctuation-induced attraction enhances the thermal fluctuations dow n to depths much larger than h and may lead to flux creep towards the surface.