Flux quantization on quasicrystalline networks

A. Behrooz, M. J. Burns, H. Deckman, D. Levine, B. Whitehead, P. M. Chaikin

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    Abstract

    We have measured the superconducting transition temperature Tc(H) as a function of magnetic field for a network of thin aluminum wires arranged in two quasicrystalline arrays, a Fibonacci sequence and the eightfold-symmetric version of a Penrose tiling. The quasicrystals have two periods whose ratio is irrational and are constructed of two tiles with irrationally related areas. We find a series of dips in Tc(H) corresponding to favorable arrangements of the flux lattice on the quasi-crystalline substrate. The largest dips are found at n and the dips approach the zero-field transition temperature as n increases.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)368-371
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume57
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1986

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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