Superconductivity - Meissner Effect & Cooper Pairs

NORMAL STATE

Temperature Control

Temperature: 150 K

Tc

Critical Temperature Tc: 90 K

Magnetic Field

Applied Field B: 0.5 T

Field Direction

Material Type

Penetration Depth λ: 50 nm

Statistics

0

Cooper Pairs

0

Order Δ

0

Φ/Φ₀

0

Screen J

Superconductivity Physics

Below the critical temperature Tc, electrons form Cooper pairs via phonon-mediated attraction. The Meissner effect expels magnetic fields from the superconductor's interior.

Type I: Complete field expulsion
Type II: Flux vortices above Hc1
Φ₀ = h/2e: Flux quantum