Superconducting network in spatially modulated magnetic field - Hofstadter-type problem in checkerboard field

Authors
Ito, S Ando, M Katsumoto, S Iye, Y
Citation
S. Ito et al., Superconducting network in spatially modulated magnetic field - Hofstadter-type problem in checkerboard field, J PHYS JPN, 68(10), 1999, pp. 3158-3161
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
ISSN journal
00319015 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3158 - 3161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9015(199910)68:10<3158:SNISMM>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The superconducting transition of a two-dimensional square network of Nb in a spatially modulated magnetic field, consisting of a uniform component an d a sign-alternating (checkerboard pattern) component, has been studied. Ev olution of the Little-Parks oscillation pattern as a function of the checke rboard field amplitude manifests some features of the low-energy envelopes of the corresponding Hofstadter butterfly-type diagrams.