Observation of splintered Josephson vortices at grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7-d

R.G. Mints; I. Papiashvili; J.R. Kirtley; Johannes W.M. Hilgenkamp; G. Hammerl; J. Mannhart

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.067004

Observation of splintered Josephson vortices at grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7-d

R.G. Mints, I. Papiashvili, J.R. Kirtley, Johannes W.M. Hilgenkamp, G. Hammerl, J. Mannhart

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Abstract

We have directly observed well-separated Josephson vortex splinters with unquantized magnetic flux at asymmetric 45° grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7-¿ films by imaging magnetic flux with scanning SQUID microscopy. The existence of these splinter vortices has been predicted and is well described by a model based on dx2-y2 pairing symmetry and facetting of the grain boundary on a length scale shorter than the Josephson penetration depth.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	067004/1-067004/4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	89
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.067004
Publication status	Published - 2002

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