Vortex Ordering and Dynamics of Santa Fe Artificial Ice Pinning Arrays

Li, Wenzhao; Reichhardt, Charles; Janko, B.; Reichhardt, Cynthia Jane

doi:10.1063/5.0045584

Vortex Ordering and Dynamics of Santa Fe Artificial Ice Pinning Arrays

Journal Article · Mon Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0045584· OSTI ID:1822801

Li, Wenzhao ^[1]; ^[2]; Janko, B. ^[1]; ^[2]

Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

We numerically examine the ordering, pinning, and flow of superconducting vortices interacting with a Santa Fe artificial ice pinning array. We find that as a function of magnetic field and pinning density, a wide variety of vortex states occur, including ice rule obeying states and labyrinthine patterns. In contrast to square pinning arrays, we find no sharp peaks in the critical current due to the inherent frustration effect imposed by the Santa Fe ice geometry; however, there are some smoothed peaks when the number of vortices matches the number of pinning sites. For some fillings, the Santa Fe array exhibits stronger pinning than the square array due to the suppression of one-dimensional flow channels when the vortex motion in the Santa Fe lattice occurs through the formation of both longitudinal and transverse flow channels.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1822801

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1970554

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--21-20715

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 118; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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