“"London Penetration Depth" characterizes the distance to which a magnetic field penetrates into a
superconductor and becomes equal to 1/e times that of the magnetic field at the surface of the superconductor.”
If an applied magnetic field is parallel to the plane surface of a semi-infinite superconductor, the field penetrates the superconductor according to the expression \(B(x) = B(0) \exp{(\frac{-x}{\lambda_L})}\), where \(B\) is magnetic flux density and \(x\) is the distance from the surface.
“"London Penetration Depth" characterizes the distance to which a magnetic field penetrates into a
superconductor and becomes equal to 1/e times that of the magnetic field at the surface of the superconductor.
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