Dynamics of single vortices in grain boundaries: I-V characteristics on the femtovolt scale

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Kalisky, B ^a   Kirtley, J R ^a   Nowadnick, E A ^a   Dinner, R B ^a,e   Zeldov, E ^a,b   Ariando, ^c,f   Wenderich, S ^c   Hilgenkamp, H ^c   Feldmann, D M ^d   Moler, K A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED CURRENT; GRAIN BOUNDARY TRANSPORT; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; PINNING SITES; SCANNING HALL PROBES; SINGLE VORTICES; VOLTAGE SENSITIVITY;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PROBES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 65949103845     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3137164     Document Type: Article

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