C. Reichhardt et F. Nori, Phase locking, devil's staircases, Farey trees, and Arnold tongues in driven vortex lattices with periodic pinning, PHYS REV L, 82(2), 1999, pp. 414-417
Using numerical simulations, we observe phase locking, Arnold tongues, and
devil's staircases for vortex lattices driven at varying angles with respec
t to an underlying superconducting periodic pinning array. This rich struct
ure should be observable in transport measurements. The transverse V(I) cur
ves have a devil's staircase structure, with plateaus occurring near the dr
iving angles along symmetry directions of the pinning array. Each of the pl
ateaus corresponds to a different dynamical phase with a distinctive vortex
structure and flow pattern.