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Vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconducting triangles: finite-size and shape effects
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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. |
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English
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Europhysics letters / Société européenne de physique. - Les Ulis, 1986, currens
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Publication
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Les Ulis
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Les éditions de physique
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2008
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0295-5075
1286-4854
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83
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(2008)
, p. 17008,1-17008,6
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000259020300030
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