RT Journal Article
T1 Experimental realization of smectic phase in vortex matter induced by symmetric potentials arranged in two-fold symmetry arrays
A1 Valle Granda, Javier del
A1 Gómez, A.
A1 González, E. M.
A1 Osorio, M. R.
A1 Gálvez Alonso, Fernando
A1 Granados, D.
A1 Vicent López, José Luis
AB Smectic order has been generated in superconducting Nb films with two-fold symmetry arrays of symmetric pinning centers. Magnetic fields applied perpendicularly to the films develop a vortex matter smectic phase that is easily detected when the vortices are commensurate with the pinning center array. The smectic phase can be turned on and off with external parameters.
PB IOP Publishing
SN 1367-2630
YR 2015
FD 2015-09-14
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24333
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24333
LA eng
NO ©2015 IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.We thank Spanish MINECO grant FIS2013-45469 and CM grant S2013/MIT-2850 and EU COST Action MP-1201. D.G. acknowledges RYC-2012-09864.
NO Spanish MINECO
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO EU COST Action
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025