caa a22 4500 445381035 CHVBK 20180317143017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10948-010-1055-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10948-010-1055-7 Fabrication of Artificial Washboard Pinning Structures in Thin Niobium Films [Elektronische Daten] [Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy, Michael Huth, Valerij Shklovskij] We demonstrate a possibility to realize various types of the anisotropic washboard periodic pinning potentials in thin niobium films sputtered onto α-alumina (11$\bar{2}$0) substrates. Arrays of highly periodic channels as well as ferromagnetic cobalt lines were fabricated using focused ion-beam etching and gas-assisted focused electron beam deposition techniques, respectively. Three different nanostructure profiles which could provoke guided vortex motion were fabricated. By this way either uniaxial or bianisotropic, or asymmetric (ratchet) pinning structures have been realized. The results of scanning electron and atomic force microscopy investigations of the fabricated nanopatterns are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Nanostructured thin films nationallicence Guiding nationallicence Focused particle beam etching and deposition nationallicence Anisotropic washboard pinning potential nationallicence Dobrovolskiy Oleksandr Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany aut Huth Michael Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany aut Shklovskij Valerij Physical Department, Kharkov National University, 61077, Kharkov, Ukraine aut Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1-2(2011-01-01), 375-380 1557-1939 24:1-2<375 2011 24 10948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-010-1055-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-010-1055-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dobrovolskiy Oleksandr Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huth Michael Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shklovskij Valerij Physical Department, Kharkov National University, 61077, Kharkov, Ukraine aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1-2(2011-01-01), 375-380 1557-1939 24:1-2<375 2011 24 10948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer