Rectification of vortex motion in a circular ratchet channel
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By means of electrical transport measurements we have studied the rectified motion of vortices in ratchet potentials engineered on overdamped Josephson junction arrays. The rectified voltage as a function of the vortex density shows a maximum efficiency close a matching condition to the period of the ratchet potential indicating a collective vortex motion. Vortex current reversals were detected...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1098-0121,1550-235X
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.144511