Interaction between superconducting vortices and a Bloch wall in ferrite garnet films

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Mar 16;98(11):117002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.117002. Epub 2007 Mar 13.

Abstract

A theoretical model for how Bloch walls occurring in in-plane magnetized ferrite garnet films can serve as efficient magnetic micromanipulators is presented. As an example, the walls' interaction with Abrikosov vortices in a superconductor in close contact with a garnet film is analyzed within the London approximation. The model explains how vortices are attracted to such walls, and excellent quantitative agreement is obtained for the resulting peaked flux profile determined experimentally in NbSe(2) using high-resolution magneto-optical imaging of vortices. In particular, this model, when generalized to include charged magnetic walls, explains the counterintuitive attraction observed between vortices and a Bloch wall of opposite polarity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't