Direct observation of vortex dynamics in superconducting films with regular arrays of defects

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5290, 1996, Pages 1167-1170

  Harada, K ^a   Kamimura, O ^a   Kasai, H ^a   Matsuda, T ^a   Tonomura, A ^a   Moshchalkov, V V ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONDUCTION; FILMS; VORTICES;

EID: 0029663510     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5290.1167     Document Type: Article

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22. We thank N. Osakabe, T. Onogi, and R. Sugano of the Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., for discussions and comments; H. Hirose, H. Koike, and T. Ohnishi of the Instrument Division, Hitachi, and T. Kamino of Hitachi Instrument Engineering for assistance in operating the focused ion beam machine; F. Nagata and T. Shimotsu of Hitachi Instrument Engineering for discussion and electron microscopic observation; and S. Kubota, S. Matsunami, and N. Moriya of the Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, for technical assistance in the experiment. V.V.M. acknowledges support from the Belgium Concerted Action (GOA) and National Fund for Scientific Research (NFWO) programs.