Edge barrier and structure of the critical state in superconducting thin films
Maksimov I. L. , Elistratov A. A.
The structure of the critical state in a superconducting thin film with a high edge barrier and bulk pinning of vortices is analyzed. Analytic expressions describing the distributions of the current density and the vortex density in the system are derived. A critical state with a fundamentally new structure is observed in the system. In this state, magnetic flux is concentrated at the middle of the film, and Meissner currents are concentrated at the periphery. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.