Observation of Vortex Matching Phenomena in Antidot Array of NbN Thin Film

Abstract

We report vortex matching phenomenon in rectangular antidot array fabricated on epitaxial NbN thin film. The antidot array was fabricated using Focussed Ion Beam milling technique. The magneto-transport measurements points to a period doubling transition at higher magnetic field for rectangular lattices. The results are discussed within the light of several models including the multi-vortex model, the matched lattice model and the super-matched lattice model.Comment: Added references, modified abstract and discussions and corrected typo-graphic errors. Accepted for proceedings of M2S-IX 2009, Tokyo (Physica C