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Within a gauge approach to the t-J model, we propose a new, non-BCS mechanism of superconductivity for underdoped cuprates. The gluing force of the superconducting mechanism is an attraction between spin vortices on two different N\'eel…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-27 P. A. Marchetti , F. Ye , Z. B. Su , L. Yu

A superconducting rod with a magnetic moment on top develops vortices obtained here through 3D calculations of the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The inhomogeneity of the applied field brings new properties to the vortex patterns that vary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-14 Antonio R. de C. Romaguera , Mauro M. Doria , F. M. Peeters

Unconventional superconductivity on a honeycomb lattice has received increasing interest since the discovery of graphene primarily due to the similarities between materials with a honeycomb lattice and cuprate superconductors. Many…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-05 Yu Lan , Xian-Feng Yu , Li-Ting Zhang

Superconducting spintronics in hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet (S-F) heterostructures provides an exciting potential new class of device. The prototypical super-spintronic device is the superconducting spin-valve, where the critical…

The interaction between a straight vortex line in a superconducting film and a soft magnetic nanodisk in the magnetic vortex state in the presence of a magnetic field applied parallel to the film surfaces is studied theoretically. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 Gilson Carneiro

Emerging new concepts, such as magnetic charge dynamics in two-dimensional magnetic material, can provide novel mechanism for spin based electrical transport at macroscopic length. In artificial spin ice of single domain elements, magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-25 Yiyao Chen , George Yumnam , Jiasen Guo , Laura Stingaciu , Piotr Zolnierczuk , Valeria Lauter , Deepak K. Singh

We propose a superconducting spin-triplet valve, which consists of a superconductor and an itinerant magnetic material, with the magnet showing an intrinsic non-collinear order characterized by a wave vector that may be aligned in a few…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-24 N. G. Pugach , M. Safonchik , T. Champel , M. E. Zhitomirsky , E. Lähderanta , M. Eschrig , C. Lacroix

Nb/Cu superconducting superlattices have been fabricated by dc magnetron sputtering. This system shows a vortex glass transition with critical exponents similar to high temperatures superconductors exponents. The transition dymensionality…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 J. E. Villegas , J. L. Vicent

The ability to control the potential landscape in a medium of interacting particles could lead to intriguing collective behavior and innovative functionalities. Here, we utilize spatially reconfigurable magnetic potentials of a pinwheel…

We propose a spin-ice-based heterostructure capable of encoding magnetic monopole quasiparticle positions for non-volatile information storage applications. Building upon two-dimensional magnetic monopole gases formed at the interface…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-10 Prakash Timsina , Andres Chappa , Deema Alyones , Boris Kiefer , Ludi Miao

We propose and analyze neutral atom traps generated by vortices imprinted by magnetic field pulse sequences in type-II superconducting disks and rings. We compute the supercurrent distribution and magnetic field resulting from the vortices…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-01-17 B. Zhang , M. Siercke , K. S. Chan , M. Beian , M. J. Lim , R. Dumke

We show that a remarkable variety of dynamical phenomena, including switching, polarization, symmetry locking, and dynamically induced pinning, can occur for vortices in type-II superconductors in the presence of a honeycomb pinning array…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Reichhardt , C. J. Olson Reichhardt

Numerical simulations of the interference of a three-way segmented nonrotating Bose-Einstein condensate reveal the production of a honeycomb vortex lattice containing significant numbers of vortices and antivortices. If confined within a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Gary Ruben , David M. Paganin , Michael J. Morgan

We report on the realization of artificial ice using superconducting vortices in geometrically frustrated pinning arrays. This vortex ice shows two unique properties among artificial ice systems. The first comes from the possibility to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-08-29 J. Trastoy , M. Malnou , C. Ulysse , R. Bernard , N. Bergeal , G. Faini , J. Lesueur , J. Briatico , Javier E. Villegas

We model the dynamics of magnetization in an artificial analog of spin ice specializing to the case of a honeycomb network of connected magnetic nanowires. The inherently dissipative dynamics is mediated by the emission, propagation and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-16 Yichen Shen , Olga Petrova , Paula Mellado , Stephen Daunheimer , John Cumings , Oleg Tchernyshyov

Nanowires of two-dimensional (2D) crystals of type-II superconductor NbSe$_2$ prepared by electron-beam lithography were studied, focusing on the effect of the motion of Abrikosov vortices. We present magnetoresistance measurements on these…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-08 Shaun A. Mills , Jacob J. Wisser , Chenyi Shen , Zhuan Xu , Ying Liu

Quantitative magneto-optical imaging of a type-II superconductor thin film cooled under zero, homogeneous, and inhomogeneous applied magnetic fields, indicates that the latter procedure leads to an enhancement of the screening capacity.…

Vortices in a narrow superconducting strip with a square array of pinning sites are studied. The interactions of vortices with other vortices and with external sources (applied magnetic field and transport current) are calculated via a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Clécio C. de Souza Silva , Leonardo R. E. Cabral , J. Albino Aguiar

Spin diode is important prerequisite to practical manifestation of spin electronics. Yet, a functioning magnetic diode at room temperature is still illusive. Here, we reveal diode-type phenomena due to magnetic charge mediated conduction in…

Radial superlattices are nanostructured materials obtained by rolling-up thin solid films into spiral-like tubular structures. The formation of these "high-order" superlattices from two-dimensional crystals or ultrathin films is expected to…