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Flux distribution and penetration depth measured by muon spin rotation in high-Tc superconductors

E. H. Brandt

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.37.2349 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The determination of the magnetic penetration depth λ in type-II superconductors from the field distribution n(B) measured by muon-spin rotation (μSR) is discussed. Particular stress is put on high-Tc oxide superconductors (coherence length ξ≪λ; upper critical field much greater than the applied field; anisotropy and pinning). Fitting of the highly asymmetric n(B) by a Gaussian or Lorentzian, as done in existing μSR experiments, yields for a perfect vortex lattice λ values which are too large, and for a strongly distorted (due to pinning) lattice λ values which are too small. An improved evaluation of μSR data is suggested.

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