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Stable Vortex-Antivortex Molecules in Mesoscopic Superconducting Triangles

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: A thermodynamically stable vortex-antivortex pattern has been revealed in equilateral mesoscopic type I superconducting triangles, contrary to type II superconductors where similar patterns are unstable. The stable vortex-antivortex "molecule" appears due to the interplay between two factors: a repulsive vortex-antivortex interaction in type I superconductors and the vortex confinement in the mesoscopic triangle.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.147003

Authors: V. R. Misko, V. M. Fomin, J. T. Devreese, V. V. Moshchalkov

Institutions: University of Antwerp, KU Leuven

Language: English

Topic: Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2949915790

FWCI: 8.597

Cites: 19

Cited by: 115

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