Direct observation of melting in a two-dimensional superconducting vortex lattice

By I. Guillamón, H. Suderow, A. Fernández-Pacheco, J. Sesé, R. Córdoba, J. M. Teresa, M. R. Ibarra, S. Vieira. 2009

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A two-dimensional lattice of vortices melts into an isotropic liquid with increasing temperature. A microscopic view of the melting transition reveals that this actually occurs in three steps, one of which is an unusual liquid-crystal-like vortex phase.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics

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