@inproceedings{1baf42b10a6a4f99a15085bcc40bbf09,
title = "Mechanism for the peak effect of critical current in superconducting multilayers",
abstract = "We theoretically study the vortex states in superconducting multilayers whose components are superconductors with nearly same transition temperatures but very different upper critical fields. We solve the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equations numerically for the vortex lattice state of the multilayers. Two kinds of different vortex lattice states appear between the lower and upper critical fields. From the free energy calculations, we determine the phase boundary between the two vortex lattice states and map a phase diagram in the H-T plane. The peak effect of the critical current observed in Nb/NbZr multilayers is discussed in connection with the vortex states in these multilayers.",
author = "Saburo Takahashi and Toshio Hirai and Masashi Tachiki",
year = "1994",
doi = "10.1117/12.179154",
language = "English",
isbn = "0819414522",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "Publ by Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers",
pages = "263--271",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
note = "Superconducting Superlattices and Multilayers ; Conference date: 24-01-1994 Through 25-01-1994",
}