Mapping degenerate vortex states in a kagomé lattice of elongated antidots via scanning Hall probe microscopy

Cun Xue, 2 Jun-Yi Ge, An He, Vyacheslav S. Zharinov, V. V. Moshchalkov, Y. H. Zhou, 5 A. V. Silhanek, and J. Van de Vondel School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China INPAC–Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B–3001 Leuven, Belgium College of science, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China attached to the Ministry of Education of China, and Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Experimental Physics of Nanostructured Materials, Q-MAT, CESAM, Université de Liège, B-4000 Sart Tilman, Belgium. (Dated: April 20, 2017)