Current Distribution for Superconducting Strip Transmission Lines at Microwave Frequencies.pdf

Current Distribution for Superconducting Strip Transmission Lines at Microwave Frequencies. V. M. Genkin Abstract Current distribution for a thin superconducting strip shielded by two ideally conducting plains has been calculated. It is shown that at microwave frequencies the current density has maximum over the center of the strip in contrast to the dc current pattern, which exhibits crowding over the edges. Introduction. The problem of dc current distribution for a superconducting thin film has been discussed by several authors[1-5]. It was shown that dc current density in superconducting thin strip peaked at the edges. It is anticipated that the same effect takes place at microwave frequencies since the Meissner effect apply equally to ac as to dc currents. Accurate calculations of current distribution at microwave frequencies for superconducting transmission lines are very important for interpretation various experimental data and there are a lot of papers on this subject[6-12]. At microwave frequencies the distribution of the current is determined by complex interaction of the carrying current film with other conductors and crowding depends on real geometry. For real geometries of microwave devices analytic solutions for current distribution do not exist but various numerical methods have been used. In this paper we consider the current distribution for a thin superconducting strip shielded by two ideally conducting plain, i.e. stripline configuration. We found that at microwave frequency the current distribution in the superconducting strip was significantly different from dc current pattern. Current density exhibits maximum over the center of the strip. Problem formulation and results. Let us consider the stripline structure of Fig. 1 with thin strip and ideal ground plains. Wave propagates along z-axis. Fig. 1. A stripline structure with a thin superconducting strip. Maxwell equations for electromagnetic fields in th