Studies of the Superconducting Flux Lattice using Scanning Probe Microscopies

高温超导涡旋晶格的性质 材料将通过一种基于 扫描探针显微镜。低温磁力和 扫描隧道显微镜将被解释为提供直接的 超导磁通线晶格的成像在很宽的范围内， 具有科学和技术重要性的材料。该技术 将有可能产生结构和性质的直接成像， 包括二维和三维熔化， 玻璃般的行为，相关的运动，以及其他现代主题， 凝聚态物理学 %%% 超导体在磁场中的行为是非常重要的。 科技重要性。理解物理学 这些材料将有助于设计新材料， 携带着巨大的电流，这将使主要的新技术， 超导体的性质是 通过一种新型的显微镜进行研究， 超导体中的磁场没有这些信息 通过其他技术，并将提供新的知识 决定载流能力的因素 材料.

The nature of the superconducting vortex lattice in high-Tc materials will be investigated by a new experimental approach based on scanning probe microscopies. Low-temperature magnetic force and scanning tunneling microscopes will be construed to provide direst imaging of the superconducting flux-line lattice in a wide range of materials of scientific and technological importance. The technique will potentially yield direct imaging of structure and properties of the flux lattice, including two- and three-dimensional melting, glassy behavior, correlated motion, and other topics of modern condensed matter physics. %%% The behavior of superconductors in magnetic fields is of great scientific and technological importance. Understanding the physics of these materials will aid in designing new materials capable of carrying large currents which will enable major new technologies, devices, motors, etc. The properties of the superconductors are being investigated by a novel microscope capable of imaging the magnetic fields in the superconductors. This information is not available by other techniques and will provide new knowledge about the factors that determine the current carrying capabilities of the materials.