Flux pinning / quantum locking

JUL 24 2015

Flux pinning / quantum locking

A superconducting disc locked at a fixed height and angle above a magnetic track by flux pinning. It shows the limit of the diamagnetic story: a type-II superconductor lets some field through in quantised vortices and is then trapped in place. 2034x1375.

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