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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 62, Issue 13, Pages 9110-9116Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.9110
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Pinning interactions between superconducting vortices in Nb and magnetic Ni dots were studied as a function of current and temperature to clarify the nature of pinning mechanisms. A strong current dependence is found for a square array of dots, with a temperature-dependent optimum current for the observation of periodic pinning, which decreases with temperature as (1-TITC)(3/2). This same temperature dependence is found for the critical current at the first matching field with a rectangular array of dots. The analysis of these results allows one to narrow the possible pinning mechanisms to a combination of two: the interaction between the vortex and the magnetic moment of the dot and the proximity effect. Moreover, fur the rectangular dot array, the temperature dependence of the crossover between the Low-field regime with a rectangular vortex lattice to the high-field regime with a square configuration has been studied. It is found that the crossover field increases with decreasing temperature. This dependence indicates a change in the balance between elastic and pinning energies, associated with the dynamical effects of the vortex lattice in the high-held range.
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