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Experimental determination of the number of flux lines trapped by microholes in superconducting samples
Silhanek, Alejandro; Raedts, S.; Van Bael, M. J. et al.
2004In Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70 (5)
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Keywords :
superconductivity
Abstract :
[en] The influence of a periodic landscape of pinning sites on the vortex dynamics in Pb thin films is explored by ac susceptibility measurements. For different amplitudes h of the ac drive, the ac susceptibility chi=chi'+ichi" exhibits a complex field dependence associated with different dynamic regimes. At very low ac drives where both multiquanta vortices trapped by the antidots and interstitial vortices oscillate inside the pinning potential (intravalley motion), a small kink in chi'(H) together with a very low dissipation is observed. At intermediate ac excitations such that vortices in the antidots remain pinned, whereas interstices are driven out of the pinning well, a more pronounced kink in the screening coinciding with the onset of dissipation [chi"(H)not equal0] indicates the entrance of interstitial vortices. Eventually, at high enough amplitudes all vortices are set in motion and the penetration of interstitial vortices appears as a sudden reduction of the shielding power. We show that these distinctive features allow us to identify clearly the maximum number of flux quanta per hole, regardless of the vortex dynamic regime.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Silhanek, Alejandro  ;  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL
Raedts, S.
Van Bael, M. J.
Moshchalkov, V. V.
Language :
English
Title :
Experimental determination of the number of flux lines trapped by microholes in superconducting samples
Publication date :
2004
Journal title :
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
ISSN :
1098-0121
eISSN :
1550-235X
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
70
Issue :
5
Peer reviewed :
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