Ground states of a frustrated kagomé array of Josephson junctions

Mohammad R. Kolahchi, Joseph P. Straley

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Abstract

We study the ground state vortex lattices of a kagomé array of Josephson junctions in an external magnetic field. We give a simple model that accounts for the principal dependence of ground state energy on the density of vortices, and exhibit the exact ground state configurations for a sequence of special values. A Monte Carlo simulated annealing shows that there is very little further structure. For the special case f =AB/φo = 1/2 it is known that there is an infinite degeneracy. We give a numerical technique for evaluating the zero temperature entropy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number144502
Pages (from-to)1445021-1445026
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume66
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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