Vortex pinning by natural linear defects in thin films of (formula presented)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2001, Pages

  Klaassen, F C ^a   Doornbos, G ^a   Huijbregtse, J M ^a   van der Geest, R C F ^a   Dam, B ^a   Griessen, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84872341000     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.184523     Document Type: Article

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