Surface impedance in the anomalous skin effect regime

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Chrzanowski ◽  
Józef Kirkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Skin Effect ◽  
Anomalous Skin Effect

The surface impedance of superconductors and normal metals at high frequencies. IV. Impedance at 9400 Mc. /sec. of single crystals of normal and superconducting tin

1950 ◽  
Vol 203 (1072) ◽  
pp. 98-118 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystals ◽  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Surface Resistance ◽  
Skin Effect ◽  
Scaling Factors ◽  
High Frequencies ◽  
Normal Metals ◽  
Anomalous Skin Effect ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Fundamental Equations

The measurements described in the earlier papers of this series have been extended to 9400 Mc. /sec., a resonance technique being employed to determine the surface resistance of normal and superconducting tin, and the difference between the surface reactances of the material in the two states. Measurements on single crystals of different orientations have brought to light a marked anisotropy of all these quantities, of a kind which shows clearly the non-tensorial nature of the fundamental equations relating the field vectors. The prediction of the theory of the anomalous skin effect in normal metals, that the surface resistance should vary with frequency as ω ⅔ , is confirmed. The temperature variation of the resistance and reactance of superconducting tin has been studied in detail for a number of specimens of different orientations, and it has been found that over certain ranges of temperature the shapes of corresponding curves for different specimens are similar, apart from scaling factors depending on the orientation; the values of these scaling factors are used to characterize the surface impedance of each orientation.

The theory of the anomalous skin effect in anisotropic metals

1954 ◽  
Vol 224 (1157) ◽  
pp. 260-272 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Skin Effect ◽  
Energy Bands ◽  
Crystal Axis ◽  
Metal Crystal ◽  
Anomalous Skin Effect ◽  
Degree Of Anisotropy ◽  
Explicit Formulae ◽  
Energy Surfaces ◽  
High Degree

The theory of the anomalous skin effect in metals is extended to a uniaxial metal crystal containing two energy bands in each of which the energy surfaces are ellipsoids of revolution about the crystal axis. Explicit formulae are obtained, for the extreme anomalous limit, giving the dependence of the surface impedance on the orientation of the crystal axis, both for a plane metal surface and for a circular wire. The form of the anisotropy of the surface impedance is found to depend upon the axial ratios of the spheroidal energy surfaces and upon the ratio of the electron free paths in the two bands. Wide variations in behaviour are possible, and the surface impedance may show a high degree of anisotropy even when the d.c. conductivity is almost isotropic (as with tin at low temperatures). The results are evaluated numerically for tin, and the surface conductivity of a circular wire is found to show the minimum observed by Pippard (1950); the parameters can be chosen to give reasonable agreement with Pippard’s results.

scholarly journals The theory of the anomalous skin effect in metals

1948 ◽  
Vol 195 (1042) ◽  
pp. 336-364 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Skin Effect ◽  
Frequency Variation ◽  
High Frequencies ◽  
Microwave Region ◽  
Conduction Electrons ◽  
Relaxation Effects ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Anomalous Skin Effect

The problem of metallic conduction at high frequencies and low temperatures, recently discussed by Pippard, is reformulated using the general methods of the theory of metals, and exact solutions are obtained which are valid for all frequencies and temperatures. It is shown that, for large values of the free path of the conduction electrons, the electric field is propagated through the metal as a ‘surface wave’ which differs considerably from the classical exponential solution. The temperature variation of the surface impedance in the microwave region is considered in detail. Pippard’s simplified theory is shown to be qualitatively correct, and a quantitative discussion of his experimental results is given. The frequency variation of the surface impedance at low temperatures is also discussed, and it is shown that relaxation effects are negligible in the microwave region but become important in the infra-red and eventually restore the validity of the classical theory. The theory predicts that, as the frequency is increased, the reflexion coefficient of metals passes through a minimum in the far infra-red.

Surface Impedance of Thin Metal Films under Anomalous Skin Effect Conditions

1972 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 417-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Mayadas ◽  
G. R. Henry ◽  
M. Shatzkes
Keyword(s):  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Skin Effect ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Thin Metal ◽  
Thin Metal Films ◽  
Anomalous Skin Effect
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