Observation of plastic flows of vortices in superconductors at the depinning threshold by Lorentz microscopy

Micron

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 479-484

  Tonomura, A ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field emission electrons; Flux pinning; Lorentz microscopy; Superconductor; Vortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032694750     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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