Experimental realization of smectic phase in vortex matter induced by symmetric potentials arranged in two-fold symmetry arrays

Experimental realization of smectic phase in vortex matter induced by symmetric potentials arranged in two-fold symmetry arrays

Smectic order has been generated in superconducting Nb films with two-fold symmetry arrays of symmetric pinning centers. Magnetic fields applied perpendicularly to the films develop a vortex matter smectic phase that is easily detected when the vortices are commensurate with the pinning center array...

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Main Authors: J del Valle, A Gomez, E M Gonzalez, M R Osorio, F Galvez, D Granados, J L Vicent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
phase transition
superconductivity
nanostructures
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093022

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