Experimental ratchet effect in superconducting films with periodic arrays of asymmetric potentials

A vortex lattice ratchet effect has been investigated in Nb films grown on arrays of nanometric Ni triangles, which induce periodic asymmetric pinning potentials. The vortex lattice motion yields a net dc voltage when an ac driving current is applied to the sample and the vortex lattice moves throug...

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Autores: Villegas, J. E., González Herrera, Elvira María, Gonzalez, M. P., Anguita, J. V., Vicent López, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52080
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52080
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Magnetic-Flux Quanta
Nb Films
Dots
Defects
Motors
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:A vortex lattice ratchet effect has been investigated in Nb films grown on arrays of nanometric Ni triangles, which induce periodic asymmetric pinning potentials. The vortex lattice motion yields a net dc voltage when an ac driving current is applied to the sample and the vortex lattice moves through the field of asymmetric potentials. This ratchet effect is studied taking into account the array geometry, the temperature, the number of vortices per unit cell of the array, and the applied ac currents.