Vortex lattices in different configurations of periodic pinning line-arrays
Abstract
The vortex lattice (VL) ground-state configurations are found using Monte Carlo (MC) simulated annealing with a local molecular dynamics (MD) in the London limit. We study the field dependence of the melting temperature for commensurate and incommensurate vortex lattices interacting with different periodic arrays of pinning. We also investigated the proliferation of topological defects and its dependence on the periodic pinning array symmetry and temperature.
- Publication:
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Physica C Superconductivity
- Pub Date:
- May 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physc.2005.12.077
- Bibcode:
- 2006PhyC..437..184L
- Keywords:
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- Vortices;
- Periodic pinning;
- Monte Carlo simulation;
- 74.25.Ha;
- 74.25.Qt;
- 74.78.-w;
- 74.78.Na;
- Magnetic properties;
- Vortex lattices flux pinning flux creep;
- Superconducting films and low-dimensional structures;
- Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems