Y. B. XIE, T. N. RUAN, Y. H. ZHANG
理论物理通讯. 1997, 27(2): 241-244.
We shall discuss the magnetic behaviors associated with the boundary effects for type-Ⅱ superconductors in general orientations. Using previous results, we speculate that the relation among the lower critical field Hc1, the thermodynamic critical field Hc and the upper critical field Hc2, namely Hc2~Hc1Hc2, is still approximately valid for general experimental orientations. More precisely, the magnitudes of Hc1, Hc and Hc2 are consistent with the formulae given for bulk superconductors when the typical size of the superconducting specimen is greater than the coherence length ε, provided the penetration depth λ is substituted by a modified value λm. Consequently, the criterion for observing type-Ⅱ superconducting magnetic behaviors also becomes λm>ε, although the London equation is still governed by λ. In the second part of the paper, we shall also suggest an experiment, based on the fact of Hc1. of superconducting thin films in parallel magnetic field being much higher than that of bulk superconductors, to measure Hc1 precisely, especially for extreme type-Ⅱ superconductors,without influence of the penetration barrier.