Quantitative analysis of the critical current due to vortex pinning by surface corrugation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Pautrat, A ^a   Scola, J ^a   Goupil, C ^a   Simon, Ch ^a   Villard, C ^b   Domenges B ^c   Simon, Y ^d   Guilpin, C ^e   Mechin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL CURRENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERFICIAL CRITICAL CURRENT; SURFACE CORRUGATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VORTEX PINNING;

EID: 37649029093     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.224504     Document Type: Article

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