A landscape metaphor depicts the vortex dynamics at the heart of the supercurrent diode effect (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

A landscape metaphor depicts the vortex dynamics at the heart of the supercurrent diode effect

Caption

The cover artwork for this issue of Nano Letters was created by first author Muqing Yu. The image uses a landscape metaphor to depict the vortex dynamics at the heart of the supercurrent diode effect: mobile vortices swirl through narrow superconducting channels defined by the surrounding insulating terrain, with a “mobile vortex alert” signaling the onset of phase slip and dissipation.

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Muqing Yu/Nano Letters

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