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The field dependent transport properties of superconducting niobium films, which are modulated by a regular array of non-magnetic and magnetic normal-metal inclusions (dots), have been investigated. Strong peaks in the critical current are seen for fields at which the vortex density in the superconductor is some rational or sub-rational multiple of the dot density. This commensurate peak effect is enhanced for the magnetic dot arrays when the dots are magnetized in a direction parallel to the applied magnetic field and suppressed when they are anti-aligned. Qualitative information on the strength of this dot-vortex interaction is inferred from the commensurate peaks present and missing for different regular lattices.
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Morgan, D.J., Ketterson, J.B. Fluxon Pinning by Artificial Magnetic Arrays. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 122, 37–73 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004860719107
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