Direct visualization of magnetic vortex pinning in superconductors
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Mariela Menghini,1 R. B. G. Kramer,1 A. V. Silhanek,1 J. Sautner,2 V. Metlushko,2 K. De Keyser,1 J. Fritzsche,1 N. Verellen,1 and V. V. Moshchalkov1 1Nanoscale Superconductivity and Magnetism and Pulsed Fields Group, Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry (INPAC), K. U. Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA Received 7 July 2008; revised manuscript received 15 December 2008; published 1 April 2009
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