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London Penetration Depth
The model used by the brothers F. and H. London suggests that free electrons in a superconductor can be divided into two types: normal, with a density nn, and superconducting, with a density ns (where ns+ nn = n, the density of free electrons). On the surface of the superconductor flows a current with density Js.
a) Using classical arguments, obtain the equation for the electric field E, where
(i)
where Λ = m/(nse2). Here, m and e are the mass and charge of the electron. Again using classical arguments, write the kinetic energy of superconducting electrons in the form
Adding the magnetic field energy, find a minimum of the free energy Fs(h) to obtain a second equation
(ii)
where h is a microscopic magnetic field inside the superconductor and is the London λL penetration depth.
b) Solve (2) for the boundary between vacuum and a space half filled with superconductor, with an external field H0 parallel to the boundary, and estimate λL (0) for a typical metal superconductor at zero temperature, assuming ns (0) = n.
SOLUTION
a) Equation (i) can be obtained from a naive classical model with a superconducting electron density ns. This derivation is not quite rigorous since we assume spatially uniform fields in the penetration depth. For a unit volume of superconducting electrons in an electric field E,
(1)
The superconducting current density may be written as Js = ns evs. Substituting into (1) gives (i):
To derive (ii), write the kinetic energy density in the form
Using Maxwell’s equation
we obtain
(2)
where
(3)
Now we can write the free energy in the form
where ∫ h2/(8π)dV accounts for the energy of the magnetic field in the superconductor. We want to find a function h(r) that will minimize the free energy. Note that a more rigorous approach requires that we minimize the Gibbs’ free energy, but the result is the same. Using a standard procedure we take a variation of Fs, h. We can write
(4)
The second term in (4) can be transformed using the identity
Now we can rewrite (4) in the form
(5)
The second integral in (5) can be transformed into a surface integral using Gauss’s theorem
since everywhere on the surface h = H0, and so δh = 0. So, from the first integral in (5), we obtain (ii)
b) Using (ii) and the identity
we have
Orient the x direction normal to the boundary and the magnetic field parallel to it, H = H0 ẑ. From the symmetry of the problem, it is obvious that h = h(x) ẑ. Then (ii) becomes
whose solution is
Invoking the boundary conditions h(0) = H0 and h (∞) = 0, we arrive at
where λL is the London penetration depth introduced in (a) (2). For a typical metal superconductor with one free electron per atom
where NA is Avogadro’s number, ρm is the mass density, and A is the atomic mass in grams per mole. For a typical superconductor, n ≈ 1022 – 1023 cm-3. Assuming ns = n at T = 0, we have from (3)
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