Abrikosov vortex

Vortices in a 200-nm-thick YBCO film imaged by scanning SQUID microscopy[1]

In superconductivity, a fluxon (also called an Abrikosov vortex or quantum vortex) is a vortex of supercurrent in a type-II superconductor, used by Alexei Abrikosov to explain magnetic behavior of type-II superconductors.[2] Abrikosov vortices occur generically in the Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity.

  1. ^ Wells, Frederick S.; Pan, Alexey V.; Wang, X. Renshaw; Fedoseev, Sergey A.; Hilgenkamp, Hans (2015). "Analysis of low-field isotropic vortex glass containing vortex groups in YBa2Cu3O7−x thin films visualized by scanning SQUID microscopy". Scientific Reports. 5: 8677. arXiv:1807.06746. Bibcode:2015NatSR...5E8677W. doi:10.1038/srep08677. PMC 4345321. PMID 25728772.
  2. ^ Abrikosov, A. A. (1957). "The magnetic properties of superconducting alloys". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 2 (3): 199–208. Bibcode:1957JPCS....2..199A. doi:10.1016/0022-3697(57)90083-5.