Scanning Hall probe microscopy of vortex matter in artificial type-1.5 and low-k superconductors. KU Leuven
The proposed project aims at deepening our understanding of the intricate vortex-vortex interactions that determine the vortex patterns and related superconducting properties in type- 1.5 and low-k superconductors. It is well known that superconductors can be categorized into type-I and type-II by the Ginzburg-Landau parameter k. While in type-I superconductors, vortices experience a short-range attractive interaction leading to the formation ...