Current driven organization of magnetic vortices

Citation
Ey. Andrei et al., Current driven organization of magnetic vortices, J PHYS IV, 9(P10), 1999, pp. 5-9
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV
ISSN journal
11554339 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
P10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-4339(199912)9:P10<5:CDOOMV>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We report on a novel form of oganization of magnetic vortices in a supercon ductor driven by a current. By following the vortex motion with fast transp ort measurements we show that the current enables the system to escape out of metastable states and explore its energy landscape. Ar low fields and te mperatures the system relaxes into an ordered vortex lattice while just bel ow H-e it is in a disordered state. In the intermediate region the vortex s tate can be controlled by an external driving current. In this regime the c ritical current can be either increased or decreased with an appropriate dr iving current.