Vortices in superconducting nano-networks with anti-dots array

Open Physics ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuto Hirata ◽  
Ajay Thakur ◽  
Shuuichi Ooi ◽  
Takashi Mochiku

AbstractVortices (magnetic flux quanta) in the superconducting networks perforated with anti-dots (holes) arrays behave as electrons in atomic lattice of crystals. Repulsive and attractive interaction among vortices and anti-dots resemble to those among electrons and atoms in crystals. To confirm the variety of the vortex physics similar to the solid state physics, we have fabricated such superconducting networks with antidots array in metallic, inter-metallic and high-T c superconductors (HTSCs), and have measured magneto-resistance of vortex-flow. In these materials, we have observed integer-matching at the matching fields and fractional-matching effect between them. Most of them are well explained by commensurability between Abrikosov vortex lattice and anti-dots array. Furthermore, the effect of the anti-dots array in HTSCs appears as another kind of phase transitions instead of to the first-order melting transition of vortex lattice in pristine samples.

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Xi Wang ◽  
Helen A. Hanson ◽  
Xinsheng Sean Ling ◽  
Charles F. Majkrzak ◽  
Brian B. Maranville

The vortex matter in bulk type II superconductors serves as a prototype system for studying the random pinning problem in condensed matter physics. Since the vortex lattice is embedded in an atomic lattice, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is the only technique that allows for direct structural studies. In traditional SANS methods, the scattering intensity is a measure of the structure factor averaged over the entire sample. Recent studies in vortex physics have shown that it is highly desirable to develop a SANS technique that is capable of resolving the spatial inhomogeneities in the bulk vortex state. This article reports a novel slicing neutron diffraction technique using atypical collimation and an areal detector, which allows for observing the three-dimensional disorder of the vortex matter inside an as-grown Nb single crystal.


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