Effect of nearby Pearl vortices upon the $I_c$ vs $B$ characteristics of planar Josephson junctions in thin and narrow superconducting strips

In this paper I show how to calculate the effect of a nearby Pearl vortex or antivortex upon the critical current $I_c(B)$ when a perpendicular magnetic induction $B$ is applied to a planar Josephson junction in a long, thin superconducting strip of width $W$ much less than the Pearl length $\Lambda = 2\lambda^2/d$,where$\lambda$istheLondonpenetrationdepthand$d$ is the thickness ($d<\lambda$). The theoretical results provide a qualitative explanation of unusual features recently observed experimentally by Golod {\it et al.}\cite{Golod10} in a device with a similar geometry.