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Vortex correlations in a fully frustrated two-dimensional superconducting network

Superconductivity 2009-11-07 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We have investigated the vortex state in a superconducting dice network using the Bitter decoration technique at several magnetic frustrations f=1/2 and 1/3. In contrast to other regular network geometries where the existence of a commensurate state was previouly demonstrated, no ordered state was observed in the dice network at f=1/2 and the observed vortex-vortex correlation length is close to one lattice cell.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0204051,
  title  = {Vortex correlations in a fully frustrated two-dimensional superconducting network},
  author = {E. Serret and P. Butaud and B. Pannetier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0204051},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Europhysics Letter