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A superconducting memory device based on a bistable vortex position represents an interesting storage medium for future Josephson computers. In order to study the operational mode of such a single-flux quantum memory cell, we use as a model system multiquantum flux tubes in a thin-film type I superconductor (Pb). By employing high-resolution stroboscopic magnetooptical flux detection, we are able to globally visualize both spatial and temporal behavior of rapidly switching individual flux tubes. All experimental results agree reasonably well with theoretical model considerations of the energy balance during the elementary switching process.
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Parisi, J., Huebener, R.P. & Mühlemeier, B. Switching process between bistable positions of multiquantum flux tubes in a thin-film type I superconductor. J Low Temp Phys 51, 655–677 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683233
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