Vortex pairs in two-dimensional superconductors

7 August 1995

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

Vol. 7 (32) , 6501-6512
https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/7/32/016

Abstract

We study classical and quantum mechanics of vortex-vortex and vortex-antivortex pairs in two-dimensional superconductors. The possibility of observing quantum states of pancake vortices in high-temperature superconductors is discussed.

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