Morgan-Wall T, Leith B, Hartman N, Rahman A, Marković N. Measurement of critical currents of superconducting aluminum nanowires in external magnetic fields: evidence for a Weber blockade.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015;
114:077002. [PMID:
25763970 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.114.077002]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We have studied the critical current as a function of magnetic field in short and narrow superconducting aluminum nanowires. In the range of magnetic fields in which vortices can enter a nanowire in a single row, we find regular oscillations of the critical current as a function of magnetic field, with each oscillation corresponding to adding a single vortex to the nanowire. In this regime, the nanowires behave as quantum dots for vortices. As a function of current and magnetic field, we find diamond-shaped regions in which the resistance is zero and the number of vortices is fixed.
Collapse