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Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices
Lior Embon, Yonathan Anahory, Željko L. Jelić +8
Quantized magnetic vortices driven by electric current determine key electromagnetic properties of superconductors. While the dynamic behavior of slow vortices has been thoroughly…
Multi-terminal multi-junction dc SQUID for nanoscale magnetometry
Alexander Y. Meltzer, Aviram Uri, Eli Zeldov
Miniaturization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) is of major importance for the development of sensitive scanning nanoscale magnetometry tools. The high sen…
Electrically tunable multi-terminal SQUID-on-tip
Aviram Uri, Alexander Y. Meltzer, Yonathan Anahory +8
We present a new nanoscale superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) whose interference pattern can be shifted electrically in-situ. The device consists of a nanoscale fo…
Probing dynamics and pinning of single vortices in superconductors at nanometer scales
Lior Embon, Yonathan Anahory, Alexander Suhov +9
The dynamics of quantized magnetic vortices and their pinning by materials defects determine electromagnetic properties of superconductors, particularly their ability to carry non-…
A three-junction SQUID-on-tip with tunable in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic field sensitivity
Yonathan Anahory, Jonathan Reiner, Lior Embon +6
Nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) demonstrate record sensitivities to small magnetic moments, but are typically sensitive only to the field component…
Scanning nano-SQUID with single electron spin sensitivity
Denis Vasyukov, Yonathan Anahory, Lior Embon +9
One of the critical milestones in the intensive pursuit of quantitative nanoscale magnetic imaging tools is achieving the level of sensitivity required for detecting the field gene…
Pre-melting of crossing vortex lattices
S. Butsch, E. Zeldov, T. Nattermann
The pre-melting of high vortex density planes observed recently in layered superconductors in tilted magnetic field is explained theoretically. Based on the structural information…
Scanning superconducting quantum interference device on a tip for magnetic imaging of nanoscale phenomena
A. Finkler, D. Vasyukov, Y. Segev +6
We describe a new type of scanning probe microscope based on a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) that resides on the apex of a sharp tip. The SQUID-on-tip is glue…
Lamellar mesophase nucleated by Josephson vortices at the melting of the vortex lattice in
Yehonathan Segev, Yuri Myasoedov, Eli Zeldov +3
The local effect of the Josephson vortices on the vortex lattice melting process in \BSCCO crystals in the presence of an in-plane field is studied by differential magneto…
Suppression of geometrical barrier in crystals by Josephson vortex stacks
Yehonathan Segev, Ilia Gutman, Sarah Goldberg +6
Differential magneto-optics are used to study the effect of dc in-plane magnetic field on hysteretic behavior due to geometrical barriers in crystals. In ab…
Self-aligned nanoscale SQUID on a tip
Amit Finkler, Yehonathan Segev, Yuri Myasoedov +7
A nanometer-sized superconducting quantum interference device (nanoSQUID) is fabricated on the apex of a sharp quartz tip and integrated into a scanning SQUID microscope. A simple…
Controlled suppression of local magnetization hysteresis by dc in-plane field in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
I. Gutman, S. Goldberg, Y. Myasoedov +2
Local magnetization hysteresis is among the most extensively studied features of high-temperature superconductors (HTSC). The usual source of hysteresis in superconductors is bulk…
Transport Properties of Vortex Matter Governed by the Edge Inductance of Superconducting BiSrCaCuO Single Crystals
H. Beidenkopf, Y. Myasoedov, E. Zeldov +5
We study the distribution of transport current across superconducting BiSrCaCuO crystals and the vortex flow through the sample edges. We show that the transi…
Mott insulator phases and first-order melting in BSCCO crystals with periodic surface holes
S. Goldberg, Y. Segev, Y. Myasoedov +7
We measured the effects of periodic surface holes, created using a focused ion beam, on the phase diagram of the vortex matter in high-T_c Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+δ} crystals. Different…
Mechanics of Individual, Isolated Vortices in a Cuprate Superconductor
Ophir M. Auslaender, Lan Luan, Eric W. J. Straver +7
Superconductors often contain quantized microscopic whirlpools of electrons, called vortices, that can be modeled as one-dimensional elastic objects. Vortices are a diverse playgro…
Multiple Changes of Order of the Vortex Melting Transition in BSCCO with Dilute Columnar Defects
Tal Verdene, Haim Beidenkopf, Yuri Myasoedov +4
A low concentration of columnar defects is reported to transform a first-order vortex lattice melting line in BSCCO crystals into alternating segments of first-order and second-ord…
Interplay of Anisotropy and Disorder in the Doping-Dependent Melting and Glass Transitions of Vortices in BiSrCaCuO
H. Beidenkopf, T. Verdene, Y. Myasoedov +5
We study the oxygen doping dependence of the equilibrium first-order melting and second-order glass transitions of vortices in BiSrCaCuO. Doping affects both an…
Angular dependence of the melting of the porous vortex matter in
Nurit Avraham, Y. Y. Goldschmidt, J. T. Liu +6
The behavior of vortex matter in in the presence of a low concentration of tilted columnar defects (CDs) was studied using magneto-optical meas…
Self field of ac current reveals voltage-current law in type-II superconductors
E. H. Brandt, G. P. Mikitik, E. Zeldov
The distribution of ac magnetic fields in a thin superconducting strip is calculated when an ac current is applied to the sample. The edge barrier of the strip to flux penetration…
Equilibrium First-Order Melting and Second-Order Glass Transitions of the Vortex Matter in BiSrCaCuO
H. Beidenkopf, N. Avraham, Y. Myasoedov +5
The thermodynamic phase diagram of BiSrCaCuO was mapped by measuring local \emph{equilibrium} magnetization in presence of vortex `shaking'. Two equa…
Vortex nanoliquid in high-temperature superconductors
S. S. Banerjee, S. Goldberg, A. Soibel +8
Using a differential magneto-optical technique to visualize flow of transport currents, we reveal a new delocalization line within the reversible vortex liquid region in the presen…
Melting of 'porous' vortex matter
S. S. Banerjee, A. Soibel, Y. Myasoedov +8
Bitter decoration and magneto-optical studies reveal that in heavy-ion irradiated superconductors, a 'porous' vortex matter is formed when vortices outnumber columnar defects (CDs)…
First order phase transition from the vortex liquid to an amorphous solid
M. Menghini, Yanina Fasano, F. de la Cruz +6
We present a systematic study of the topology of the vortex solid phase in superconducting BiSrCaCuO samples with low doses of columnar defects. A new state…
Vortex avalanches and self organized criticality in superconducting niobium
E. Altshuler, T. H. Johansen, Y. Paltiel +6
In 1993 Tang proposed [1] that vortex avalanches should produce a self organized critical state in superconductors, but conclusive evidence for this has heretofore been lacking. In…