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Microwave response of superconductors that obey local electrodynamics

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Surface impedance of type-II superconductors is determined by their local optical conductivity $\ensuremath{\sigma}(\ensuremath{\omega})$. Standard BCS-like theoretical descriptions of $\ensuremath{\sigma}(\ensuremath{\omega})$, due to Mattis and Bardeen [Phys. Rev. 111, 412 (1958)] or… Click to show full abstract

Surface impedance of type-II superconductors is determined by their local optical conductivity $\ensuremath{\sigma}(\ensuremath{\omega})$. Standard BCS-like theoretical descriptions of $\ensuremath{\sigma}(\ensuremath{\omega})$, due to Mattis and Bardeen [Phys. Rev. 111, 412 (1958)] or Zimmermann et al. [Physica C 183, 99 (1991)], do not take pair-breaking processes into account. Therefore they do not provide a quantitative explanation of the microwave response, and in particular, they cannot predict the magnitude of the coherence peak. Here, based on the recently developed concept of Dynes superconductors, which does take also the pair-breaking scattering into account, we provide a simple but complete description of the microwave response of type-II superconductors, concentrating on the unexpected properties of clean superconductors which are often used as cavity materials.

Keywords: obey local; superconductors obey; electrodynamics; response superconductors; microwave response

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2021

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