Vortex core deformation and stepper motor behavior in a superconducting ratchet
Van de Vondel, J. · Gladilin, V. N. · Silhanek, A. V. · Gillijns, W. · Tempere, J. · Devreese, J. T. · Moshchalkov, V. V.
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We investigated experimentally the frequency dependence of a superconducting vortex ratchet effect by means of electrical transport measurements and modeled it theoretically using the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau formalism. We demonstrate that the high frequency vortex behavior can be described as a discrete motion of a particle in a periodic potential, i.e. the so called stepper motor behavior. Strikingly, in the more conventional low frequency response a transition takes place from an Abrikosov vortex rectifier to a phase slip line rectifier. This transition is characterized by a strong increase in the rectified voltage and the appearance of a pronounced hysteretic behavior.
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