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Superconducting Vortex Logic Antidots

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We examine a building block for logic devices in which the positions of superconducting vortices in coupled elongated antidots provide the elementary logic states of 0 and 1. We show analytically and through simulation the maximum operating frequency of a pair of antidots as a function of antidot spacing and elongation. At finite temperatures, a signal can propagate through a series of identically shaped antidots with correctly chosen spacing, with an exponential distribution of switching times for the signal to move over by one antidot.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0307596,
  title  = {Superconducting Vortex Logic Antidots},
  author = {C. J. Olson Reichhardt and C. Reichhardt and B. Janko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0307596},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 3 postscript figures