Direct visualization of magnetic vortex pinning in superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Menghini, Mariela ^a   Kramer, R B G ^a   Silhanek, A V ^a   Sautner, J ^b   Metlushko, V ^b   De Keyser, K ^a   Fritzsche, J ^a   Verellen, N ^a   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 65149094353     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.144501     Document Type: Article

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