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Reversal of nonlocal vortex motion in the regime of strong nonequilibrium
Florian Otto1, Ante Bilusić, Dinko Babić
1Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, D-93025 Regensburg, Germany.
Abstract:
We investigate nonlocal vortex motion in weakly pinning a-NbGe nanostructures, which is driven by a transport current I and remotely detected as a nonlocal voltage V{nl}. At a high I of a given polarity, V{nl} changes sign dramatically. This is followed by V{nl} becoming even in I, with the opposite sign at low and high temperatures T. These findings can be explained by a Nernst-like effect resulting from local electron overheating (low T), and a magnetization enhancement due to a nonequilibrium quasiparticle distribution that leads to a gap enhancement near the vortex core (high T).
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