Tunable interactions between vortices and a magnetic dipole

Details Tunable interactions between vortices and a magnetic dipole Tunable interactions between vortices and a magnetic dipole

2005-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0508690v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages, 9 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.179901

The interactions between vortices in a thin superconducting film and one magnetic dipole in the presence of a magnetic field applied parallel to the film surfaces are studied theoretically in the London limit. The dipole magnetic moment is assumed to have constant magnitude and freedom to rotate. The pinning potential for an arbitrary vortex configuration is calculated exactly. It is found that, due to the dipole freedom to rotate, the pinning potential differs significantly from that for a permanent dipole. In particular, its dependence on the applied field is non-trivial and allows for tuning of the pinning potential by the applied field. The critical current for one vortex pinned by the dipole is obtained numerically as a function of the applied field and found to depend strongly on the field. Order of magnitude changes in the critical current resulting from changes in the direction and magnitude of the applied field are reported, with discontinuous changes taking place in some cases. The effect of vortex pinning by random material defects on the critical current is investigated using a simple model. It is found that if random pinning is weak the critical current remains strongly dependent on the applied field. Possible applications to vortices pinned by arrays of magnetic dots are briefly considered.

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