Abstract
Scanning SQUID susceptometry images the local magnetization and susceptibility of a sample. By accurately modeling the SQUID signal we can determine physical properties such as the penetration depth and permeability of superconducting samples. We calculate the scanning SQUID susceptometry signal for a superconducting slab of arbitrary thickness with isotropic London penetration depth lambda on a nonsuperconducting substrate, where both slab and substrate can have a paramagnetic response that is linear in the applied field. We derive analytical approximations to our general expression in a number of limits. Using our results, we fit experimental susceptibility data as a function of the sample-sensor spacing for three samples: (1) delta-doped SrTiO3, which has a predominantly diamagnetic response, (2) a thin film of LaNiO3, which has a predominantly paramagnetic response, and (3) the two-dimensional electron layer at a SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface, which exhibits both types of response. These formulas will allow the determination of the concentrations of paramagnetic spins and superconducting carriers from fits to scanning SQUID susceptibility measurements.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 224518 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- PENETRATION DEPTH
- NORMAL-STATE
- FILMS