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Phase diagram of a mesoscopic superconducting Pb square: Ballistic Hall magnetometry

K. Vervaeke, K. De Keyser, M. Menghini, C. Carballeira, G. Borghs, V. V. Moshchalkov

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184506 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Ballistic Hall magnetometry is used to investigate the magnetization of a mesoscopic superconducting Pb square as a function of magnetic field (H) and temperature (T). Vortex penetration and expulsion fields are determined from magnetization curves at different temperatures below Tc and are combined in an experimental T−H phase diagram. Enhanced stability of the symmetry-matching vorticities L=1 and L=4 is observed. The experimental results are compared with theoretical calculations using the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau theory for a thin square.

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