Quantitative assessment of pinning forces and magnetic penetration depth in NbN thin films from complementary magnetic force microscopy and transport measurements

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Shapoval, T ^a   Stopfel, H ^a   Haindl, S ^a   Engelmann, J ^a   Inosov, D S ^b   Holzapfel, B ^a   Neu, V ^a   Schultz, L ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 79961100309     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.214517     Document Type: Article

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