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Title
Vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconducting triangles: finite-size and shape effects
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Abstract
Triangular-shaped mesoscopic superconductors are consistent with the symmetry of the Abrikosov vortex lattice resulting in a high stability of vortex patterns for commensurate vorticities. However, for non-commensurate vorticities, vortex configurations in triangles are not compatible with the sample shape. Here we present the first direct observation of vortex configurations in ìm-sized niobium triangles using the Bitter decoration technique, and we analyze the vortex states in triangles by analytically solving the London equations and performing molecular-dynamics simulations. We found that filling rules with increasing vorticity can be formulated for triangles in a similar way as for mesoscopic disks where vortices form shells.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Europhysics letters / Société européenne de physique. - Les Ulis, 1986, currens
Publication
Les Ulis : Les éditions de physique , 2008
ISSN
0295-5075
1286-4854
DOI
10.1209/0295-5075/83/17008
Volume/pages
83 :1 (2008) , p. 17008,1-17008,6
ISI
000259020300030
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UAntwerpen
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