Abstract
We have used a high-resolution scanning SQUID microscope to directly image conventional ( ) Josephson vortices trapped in grain boundaries, and half-integer ( ) Josephson vortices trapped at the tricrystal point, of the high- superconductor grown on tricrystal substrates of SrTi. Our observation of the half-integer vortex at the tricrystal point is the first direct demonstration of the positive paramagnetic Meissner effect in a polycrystalline high- film. In addition, our images provide the first direct measurement of the Josephson penetration depth.
- Received 18 August 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1336
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