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The dissipative dynamics of a vortex in a finite temperature trapped Bose-Einstein condensate are shown to be governed by a {\em diffusive instability}. In the weakly interacting regime we find a cross-over from instability to metastability…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. S. Bradley , C. W. Gardiner

Quantized magnetic vortices driven by electric current determine key electromagnetic properties of superconductors. While the dynamic behavior of slow vortices has been thoroughly investigated, the physics of ultrafast vortices under strong…

We present measurements showing how disorder determines the dynamics of a vortex lattice. Using superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) arrays placed in finite magnetic fields, disorder is introduced by shifting the field away from…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-11 Malcolm Durkin , Ian Mondragon-Shem , Taylor L. Hughes , Nadya Mason

We present a frequency-domain study of the dynamic behavior of a magnetic vortex core within a single Permalloy disk by means of electrical detection and micromagnetic simulations. When exciting the vortex core dynamics in a non-linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-19 Lakshmi Ramasubramanian , Vadym Iurchuk , Serhii Sorokin , Olav Hellwig , Alina Maria Deac

We show that memory, in the form of underdamped angular dynamics, is a crucial ingredient for the collective properties of self-propelled particles. Using Vicsek-style models with an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process acting on angular velocity, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-09-12 Ken H. Nagai , Yutaka Sumino , Raul Montagne , Igor S. Aranson , Hugues Chaté

In this paper, we systematically examine the stability and dynamics of vortices under the effect of a phenomenological dissipation used as a simplified model for the inclusion of the effect of finite temperatures in atomic Bose-Einstein…

A detailed numerical study of the real space configuration of vortices in disordered superconductors using 2D London-Langevin model is presented. The magnetic field $B$ is varied between 0 and $B_{c2}$ for various pinning strengths…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Mahesh Chandran , R. T. Scalettar , G. T. Zimanyi

Studies involving vortex dynamics and their interaction with pinning centers are an important ingredient to reach higher critical currents in superconducting materials. The vortex distribution around arrays of engineered defects, such as…

In the mixed state of type II superconductors penetrated by an external magnetic field in the form of a lattice of Abrikosov vortices the dc resistance is known to increase with increasing velocity of the vortex lattice. Accordingly, vortex…

The combination of multi-component Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and phase imprinting techniques provides an ideal platform for exploring nonlinear dynamics and investigating the quantum transport properties of superfluids. In this…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-07-28 Jianchong Xing , Wenkai Bai , Bo Xiong , Jun-Hui Zheng , Tao Yang

Transfer of angular momentum from a spin-polarized current to a ferromagnet provides an efficient means to control the dynamics of nanomagnets. A peculiar consequence of this spin-torque, the ability to induce persistent oscillations of a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 V. S. Pribiag , I. N. Krivorotov , G. D. Fuchs , P. M. Braganca , O. Ozatay , J. C. Sankey , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

We explore the effect of varying drive on metastability features exhibited by the vortex matter in single crystals of 2H-NbSe$_2$ and CeRu$_2$ with varying degree of random pinning. An optimal balance between the pinning and driving force…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 A. D. Thakur , S. S. Banerjee , M. J. Higgins , S. Ramakrishnan , A. K. Grover

We examine metastable and transient effects both above and below the first-order disorder driven decoupling line in a 3D simulation of magnetically interacting pancake vortices. We observe pronounced transient and history effects as well as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-05-15 C. J. Olson , C. Reichhardt , R. T. Scalettar , G. T. Zimanyi , N. Gronbech-Jensen

The vortex lattice is an ideal system to study the competition and interplay between interaction and disorder. New results on 2H-NbSe_2 (in samples of progressively increasing pinning) elucidate how pinning alters the phase boundary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-02-03 S. S. Banerjee

In 1976 Larkin and Ovchinnikov [Sov. Phys. JETP 41, 960 (1976)] predicted that vortex matter in superconductors driven by an electrical current can undergo an abrupt dynamic transition from a flux-flow regime to a more dissipative state at…

Using numerical simulations of magnetically interacting vortices in disordered layered superconductors we obtain the static vortex phase diagram as a function of magnetic field and temperature. For increasing field or temperature, we find a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Olson , C. Reichhardt , R. T. Scalettar , G. T. Zimanyi , N. Gronbech-Jensen

Two-dimensional arrays of nonlinear electric oscillators are considered theoretically, where nearest neighbors are coupled by relatively small, constant, but non-equal capacitors. The dynamics is approximately reduced to a weakly…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-09 Victor P. Ruban

Manipulating vortices in non-conventional superconductors is nowadays a challenging path toward controlling functionalities for superconducting nanodevices. Here, we directly observe and control single vortex core trajectories with…

In this brief review we summarize a number of recent developments in the study of vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates, a topic of considerable theoretical and experimental interest in the past few years. We examine the generation of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-12-10 P. G. Kevrekidis , R. Carretero-Gonzalez , D. J. Frantzeskakis , I. G. Kevrekidis

We report the first direct observation of a disordered vortex matter phase existing near the edge of a bulk type-II superconductor Nb using a novel position-sensitive neutron diffraction technique. This "edge-contaminated" vortex state was…