Ginzburg-Landau Vortex Nucleation

Type-II superconductors · Abrikosov lattice · phase winding · magnetic flux quanta

GL Parameters

Superconductor State

Type:-
H_c1 / H_c2:-
Vortex count:0
Phase:-
GL theory (1950): Order parameter ψ(r) with |ψ|²∝superfluid density.

κ < 1/√2: Type-I (full Meissner)
κ > 1/√2: Type-II (vortex phase)

Abrikosov (1957, Nobel 2003): Vortices arrange on triangular lattice. Each carries Φ₀=h/2e flux.

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