Current-Induced Metastable States Close to T c in NbTi Superconducting Bridges

K. Harrabi; A. Mekki; H. Bahlouli; F. R. Ladan

doi:10.1007/s10948-021-05909-8

Current-Induced Metastable States Close to T _c in NbTi Superconducting Bridges

K. Harrabi^*, A. Mekki, H. Bahlouli, F. R. Ladan

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Abstract

We have studied the characteristics of different metastable states in NbTi thin film deposited on sapphire substrate in a region very close to the transition temperature T_c, which was estimated to be about 7.6 K in our sample. Localized dissipative zones are induced (phase-slip centers (PSC) and hot spots (HS)) when a current pulse larger than the depairing critical (I_c) current is sent through the filament. These resistive zones appear after a delay time at zero voltage (transient superconductivity) that depends on the thermal cooling time of the material. A time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL) theory developed by M. Tinkham allows to extract the gap relaxation time from the measured time delays at a temperature very close to T_c. Furthermore, it appears that, well below T_c, this relaxation time is dominated by the thermal equilibration time of the film on its substrate. In addition, the niobium-based material showed a clear evidence that PSC can be considered as precursors for hot spots.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2531-2535
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
Volume	34
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-021-05909-8
State	Published - Oct 2021

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Funding Information:
K.H, A.M, and H.B gratefully acknowledge the support of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, under the IN161052 DSR research group project.

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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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