Pinning and vortex lattice structure in NbTi alloy multilayers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1134-1137

  McCambridge, James D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRYSTAL LATTICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FLUX PINNING; PINNING FORCE DENSITY; VORTEX LATTICE STRUCTURE;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0031165905     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.620691     Document Type: Article

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