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Magnetic pinning of vortices in a superconducting film: The (anti)vortex-magnetic dipole interaction energy in the London approximation

M. V. Milošević, S. V. Yampolskii, F. M. Peeters

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.174519 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The interaction between a superconducting vortex or antivortex in a superconducting film and a magnetic dipole with in- or out-of-plane magnetization is investigated within the London approximation. The dependence of the interaction energy on the dipole-vortex distance and the film thickness is studied, and analytical results are obtained in limiting cases. We show how the short range interaction with the magnetic dipole makes the co-existence of vortices and antivortices possible. Different configurations with vortices and antivortices are investigated.

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