NSF-Europe: Superconducting Pinning with Artificially Prepared Nanostructures

这是一项国际合作研究项目，是根据NSF征求NSF 02-135提交的。这项国际合作的重点是在最先进的光刻定义的钉住结构上钉住漩涡。涡旋态将在低Tc和高Tc材料中进行研究。这项合作是由加州大学圣地亚哥分校和西班牙马德里康普顿斯大学的科学家共同完成的。两个实验室都将参与光刻结构、传输和其他测量。这项研究应该揭示超导材料当前传输的局限性，从基础和技术的角度来看都是有趣的。学生将参加国际研究活动，同时接受传统和尖端的培训，为他们在学术界、工业界或政府的职业生涯做好准备。

This is an international collaborative research project that was submitted in response to NSF Solicitation NSF 02-135. This international collaboration focuses on pinning of vortices at state-of-the-art lithographically defined pinning structures. The vortex state will be studied in both low and high Tc materials. The collaboration joins a scientists at the UC San Diego and Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. Both laboratories will be involved with the lithographic structures and with transport and other measurements. The research should shed light on limitations to current transport in superconducting materials and is of interest from both fundamental and technical viewpoints. Students will participate in international research activities, along with traditional and cutting edge training that will prepare them for careers in academe, industry or government.