Tiny quantum electronic vortexes can circulate in superconductors

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 02, 2023

Within superconductors little tornadoes of electrons, known as quantum vortices, can occur which have important implications in superconducting applications such as quantum sensors. Now a new kind of superconducting vortex has been found, an international team of researchers reports. Egor Babaev, professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, says the study revises the prevai