An absolute determination of the superconducting penetration length in niobium has been carried out by a novel technique, in which the reflectivity of a polarized-neutron beam from a polished surface is measured. The result thus obtained, A(0) = 410 ±40 A, is in substantial agreement with the earlier work.
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