Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning

Reichhardt, Charles; Kolton, Alejandro B; Dominguez, Daniel; Gronbech-Jensen, Niels

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508

Title: Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning

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For a vortex lattice moving in a periodic array we show analytically and numerically that a new type of phase locking occurs in the presence of a longitudinal dc driving force and a transverse ac driving force. This phase locking is distinct from the Shapiro step phase locking found with longitudinal ac drives. We show that an increase in critical current and a fundamental phase-locked step width scale with the square of the driving ac amplitude. Our results should carry over to other systems such as vortex motion in Josephson-junction arrays.

Authors:: Reichhardt, Charles; Kolton, Alejandro B; Dominguez, Daniel; Gronbech-Jensen, Niels

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 40277657

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 64; Journal Issue: 13; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508; Othernumber: PRBMDO000064000013134508000001; 096134PRB; PBD: 1 Oct 2001; Journal ID: ISSN 0163-1829

Publisher:: The American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CRITICAL CURRENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FLUX

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                    Reichhardt, Charles, Kolton, Alejandro B, Dominguez, Daniel, and Gronbech-Jensen, Niels. Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning.  United States: N. p., 2001. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508.

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                    Reichhardt, Charles, Kolton, Alejandro B, Dominguez, Daniel, & Gronbech-Jensen, Niels. Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508

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                    Reichhardt, Charles, Kolton, Alejandro B, Dominguez, Daniel, and Gronbech-Jensen, Niels. 2001.  
        "Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508.

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  title        = {Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac force and periodic pinning},

  author       = {Reichhardt, Charles and Kolton, Alejandro B and Dominguez, Daniel and Gronbech-Jensen, Niels},

  abstractNote = {For a vortex lattice moving in a periodic array we show analytically and numerically that a new type of phase locking occurs in the presence of a longitudinal dc driving force and a transverse ac driving force. This phase locking is distinct from the Shapiro step phase locking found with longitudinal ac drives. We show that an increase in critical current and a fundamental phase-locked step width scale with the square of the driving ac amplitude. Our results should carry over to other systems such as vortex motion in Josephson-junction arrays.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134508},

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  journal      = {Physical Review B},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001},

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