Flux quantization on quasicrystalline networks

Journal Article · Mon Jul 21 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.368· OSTI ID:5393247

Behrooz, A; Burns, M J; Deckman, H; Levine, D; Whitehead, B; Chaikin, P M

We have measured the superconducting transition temperature T-italic/sub c-italic/(H) as a function of magnetic field for a network of thin aluminum wires arranged in two quasicrystalline arrays, a Fibonacci sequence and the eightfold-symmetric version of a Penrose tiling. The quasicrystals have two periods whose ratio sigma is irrational and are constructed of two tiles with irrationally related areas. We find a series of dips in deltaT-italic/sub c-italic/(H) corresponding to favorable arrangements of the flux lattice on the quasicrystalline substrate. The largest dips are found at sigma/sup n-italic/ and the dips approach the zero-field transition temperature as n-italic increases.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
• OSTI ID: 5393247
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 57:3; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALUMINIUM
DATA
DIMENSIONS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELEMENTS
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INFORMATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FLUX
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTIZATION
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THICKNESS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
WIRES