Experimental Test of the Theory of High-Field Superconductivity
- 30 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (5), 384-387
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.384
Abstract
The theory of high-field superconductivity contains two parameters, one of which, the spin-orbit scattering rate, previously has been treated as a variable in fitting the theory to the experimental data. We have made critical-field measurements on thin-film super-conductors and have simultaneously determined both parameters from an independent spin-polarized tunneling measurement, allowing for the first time a test of the theory with no adjustable parameters. A significant lack of agreement was found.Keywords
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