The theoretical and experimental results concerning the thermodynamical and low-
frequency transport properties of hybrid structures, consisting of spatially separated …

This review is dedicated to summarizing the recent research on vortex dynamics and
pinning effects in superconducting films with artificial magnetic structures. The fabrication of …

We consider a two-dimensional Wigner crystal coupled to a quasi-one-dimensional
asymmetric potential under ac or dc driving. As a function of electron density, substrate …

A conformal transformation of a uniform triangular pinning array produces a structure called
a conformal crystal which preserves the sixfold ordering of the original lattice but contains a …

We investigate guided vortex motion in high-temperature YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 thin films patterned
with an array of asymmetric blind antidots. A preferential vortex motion along spatial …

Ratchets formed from spatially asymmetric confining potentials can rectify an oscillatory
driving force and generate directed motion. Such devices can probe the fundamental nature …

The mixed-state resistive response of a superconductor thin film with an asymmetric
washboard pinning potential subject to superimposed dc and ac currents of arbitrary …

Triangular arrays of Ni nanotriangles embedded in superconducting Nb films exhibit
unexpected dynamical vortex effects. Collective pinning with a vortex-lattice configuration …

A conformal pinning array is created by taking a conformal transformation of a uniform
hexagonal lattice to create a structure in which the sixfold ordering of the original lattice is …

Vortex ratchet effect is investigated experimentally in the frequency range between 0.5 MHz
and 2 GHz. The ratchet potential is provided by an array of about a quarter of a million …