Experimental realization of smectic phase in vortex matter induced by symmetric potentials arranged in two-fold symmetry arrays

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Valle Granda, Javier del and Gómez, A. and González, E. M. and Osorio, M. R. and Gálvez Alonso, Fernando and Granados, D. and Vicent López, José Luis (2015) Experimental realization of smectic phase in vortex matter induced by symmetric potentials arranged in two-fold symmetry arrays. New journal of physics, 17 . ISSN 1367-2630

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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.

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Additional Information:	©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.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	II Superconductors; Glass transition; Vortices; Lattices; Films; Transport; Yba_2cu_3o_7-Delta; Fluctuations; Temperature; Crystals
Subjects:	Sciences > Physics > Materials Sciences > Physics > Solid state physics
ID Code:	35655
Deposited On:	12 Feb 2016 17:18
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2018 17:36

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