Deformation and depinning of superconducting vortices from artificial defects: A Ginzburg-Landau study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Priour, D J ^a   Fertig, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FILM; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY;

EID: 0037300093     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.054504     Document Type: Article

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