Vortex Transport and Pinning Effectiveness in Conformal Pinning Arrays
arXiv:1312.7850 · doi:10.1016/j.physc.2014.04.038
Abstract
We examine the current driven dynamics for vortices interacting with conformal crystal pinning arrays and compare to the dynamics of vortices driven over random pinning arrays. We find that the pinning is enhanced in the conformal arrays over a wide range of fields, consistent with previous results from flux gradient-driven simulations. At fields above this range, the effectiveness of the pinning in the moving vortex state can be enhanced in the random arrays compared to the conformal arrays, leading to crossing of the velocity-force curves.
7 pages, 6 postscript figures
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