Direct Observation of Vortex Shells and Magic Numbers in Mesoscopic Superconducting Disks

Abstract

We have visualised and studied vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconducting disks using the Bitter decoration technique. For a broad range of vorticities L the circular geometry is found to result in the formation of concentric shells of vortices. From images obtained on disks of different sizes in a range of magnetic fields we were able to trace the evolution of vortex states and identify stable and metastable configurations. Furthermore, quantitative analysis of shell filling with increasing L allowed us to identify 'magic' numbers corresponding to the appearance of consecutive new shells.

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