Direct Observation of Vortex Shells and Magic Numbers in Mesoscopic Superconducting Disks

Details Direct Observation of Vortex Shells and Magic Numbers in Mesoscopic Superconducting Disks Direct Observation of Vortex Shells and Magic Numbers in Mesoscopic Superconducting Disks

2005-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506642v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.077005

We have visualised and studied vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconducting disks using the Bitter decoration technique. For a broad range of vorticities L the circular geometry is found to result in the formation of concentric shells of vortices. From images obtained on disks of different sizes in a range of magnetic fields we were able to trace the evolution of vortex states and identify stable and metastable configurations. Furthermore, quantitative analysis of shell filling with increasing L allowed us to identify 'magic' numbers corresponding to the appearance of consecutive new shells.

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