Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-11-05
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Submitted to ISS2009 proceedings; references added
Scientific paper
In superconducting thin films, engineered lattice of antidots (holes) act as an array of columnar pinning sites for the vortices and thus lead to vortex matching phenomena at commensurate fields guided by the lattice spacing. The strength and nature of vortex pinning is determined by the geometrical characteristics of the antidot lattice (such as the lattice spacing $a_0$, antidot diameter $d$, lattice symmetry, orientation, etc) along with the characteristic length scales of the superconducting thin films, viz., the coherence length ($\xi$) and the penetration depth ($\lambda$). There are at least two competing scenarios: (i) multiple vortices sit on each of the antidots at a higher matching period, and, (ii) there is nucleation of vortices at the interstitial sites at higher matching periods. Furthermore it is also possible for the nucleated interstitial vortices to reorder under suitable conditions. We present our experimental results on NbN antidot arrays in the light of the above scenarios.
Chockalingam Subbaiah P.
Hirata Kazuto
Jesudasan John
Ooi Shuuichi
Raychaudhuri Pratap
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