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We studied magnetic properties of the In–opal nanocomposite, which is a close-packed system of SiO2 spheres of the same diameter D with metal-filled cavities (series of opal structures with D = 190, 230, and 290 nm were studied). The dependencies of the samples’ magnetization m on temperature T, as well as on external magnetic field H, were measured at various temperatures below the critical temperature Tc of the superconducting (SC) transition. The critical temperature Tc and the critical magnetic field Hc were measured. Magnetization jumps were observed in m(H) dependences at temperatures below 2.6 K. It was found that the jumps are quasiperiodic as functions of H, and the number of jumps increases both with increase in the sweeping rate dH/dt, as well as with decrease in the characteristic size of the In inclusions in the nanocomposite. A model describing the breakup of the SC state with an increase in the external magnetic field is proposed. According to this model, when the screening current reaches a critical value in the near-surface layer of the nanocomposite, an avalanche-like penetration of the field into the volume of the nanocomposite occurs. After this, the SC state is restored, and the magnetic field “freezes” in the structure of the nanocomposite.
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Mikhailin, N.Y., Galperin, Y.M., Kozub, V.I. et al. Low-Temperature Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Indium Nanocomposites in Opal Matrix. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 128, 761–766 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776119040034
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