| Contributors to Vol.42 | p. v |
| Future volumes planned | p. vii |
| Contents of earlier volumes | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Nonlinear Effects During Vortex Motion in Superconductors | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Dirty limit and Bardeen-Stephen model | p. 2 |
| Negative differential resistance | p. 2 |
| Larkin-Ovchinnikov effect | p. 5 |
| Nonlinear effects in the low-temperature limit | p. 6 |
| Nonlinear behavior of the flux-flow resistivity in Nd[subscript 2-x]Ce[subscript x]CuO[subscript y] | p. 11 |
| High-electric-field domains in YBa[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 7-[delta] | p. 14 |
| Summary and conclusions | p. 15 |
| References | p. 15 |
| Visualization of Vortex Pinning by Force Microscopy Based on Piezoresistive Detection | |
| Introduction | p. 19 |
| Instrument description | p. 21 |
| Vortex imaging by MFM | p. 27 |
| MFM of vortex pinning at grain boundaries in superconducting thin films | p. 32 |
| Conclusions | p. 40 |
| References | p. 41 |
| Studies of Vortex Pinning and Second Peak Effects | |
| Introduction | p. 45 |
| General flux conservation equation of HTSCs | p. 47 |
| Electromagnetic methods for studying vortex pinning effect | p. 54 |
| Magnetic response of YBa[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 7-[delta] | p. 60 |
| Conclusions | p. 69 |
| References | p. 70 |
| Variational Calculations of Vortex Structures in Bulk and Mesoscopic Superconductors | |
| Introduction | p. 77 |
| Regular flux-line lattice | p. 78 |
| Vortex matter in mesoscopic cylinders | p. 92 |
| Conclusions | p. 105 |
| References | p. 106 |
| Optical Vortex Generation in High Tc Superconductors | |
| Introduction | p. 109 |
| Idea for optical vortex generation | p. 110 |
| Femtosecond optical response and THz Radiation | p. 112 |
| Magnetic flux generation in superconductive loops | p. 120 |
| Optical vortex generation inside strip-lines | p. 130 |
| Future prospect | p. 133 |
| Summary | p. 134 |
| References | p. 136 |
| Lack of Elastic Vortex Glass Behavior of the Vortex System in Disordered High Temperature Superconductors | |
| Introduction | p. 139 |
| Analysis of the shape of the E(J) curves across the putative thermally induced elastic vortex glass - vortex liquid transition in YBa[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 7-[delta] films | p. 142 |
| Analysis of the vortex creep process across the second magnetization peak of disordered HTS crystals; magnetization measurements | p. 150 |
| Conclusions | p. 165 |
| References | p. 166 |
| Flux Line Cutting in Granular High Tc Superconducting Tubes | |
| Introduction | p. 169 |
| Experimental arrangement and procedure | p. 175 |
| The "standard" critical state framework | p. 181 |
| Generalised critical state model | p. 189 |
| Flux line cutting and cross flow in the YBCO tube | p. 214 |
| Summary and conclusion | p. 238 |
| References | p. 239 |
| Vortex-Matter Phase Diagram Observed by Time-Resolved Local Magnetization of Bi[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]CaCu[subscript 2]O[subscript 8+[delta] System | |
| Introduction | p. 245 |
| Sample and measurement | p. 248 |
| Determination of characteristic fields | p. 250 |
| Analysis and discussion | p. 272 |
| Summary | p. 279 |
| References | p. 281 |
| Phase Transitions and Dynamic of the Vortex System in a Two Dimensional Superconductor with Defects: Monte-Carlo Simulation | |
| Introduction | p. 285 |
| Phase states and current-voltage characteristics of a two dimensional vortex system | p. 287 |
| Magnetization and magnetic flux distribution in a two dimensional superconductive plate with defects | p. 300 |
| Conclusions | p. 306 |
| References | p. 307 |
| Flux Dynamics and Vortex Phase Diagram of Highly Anisotropic High Temperature Superconducting Thin Films | |
| Introduction | p. 309 |
| Experimental techniques | p. 310 |
| Theoretical models and data treatment | p. 314 |
| 3D elastic flux motion at low fields | p. 317 |
| Field induced cross-over from low field 3D elastic motion to high field 2D plastic motion | p. 325 |
| Vanishing of vortex glass transition at high fields | p. 329 |
| Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless fluctuation and transition at zero external field | p. 336 |
| Quantum tunneling and depinning at low magnetic fields | p. 338 |
| Vortex phase diagram and concluding remarks | p. 344 |
| References | p. 347 |
| The Influence of Vortices on the Electromagnetic Phenomena in the High Tc Superconductors | |
| Introduction | p. 351 |
| The vortices in the Ginzburg-Landau model | p. 351 |
| The electromagnetic properties of the vortices | p. 358 |
| The critical current of High Tc due to pinning of vortices | p. 363 |
| The dynamic behaviour of the vortices | p. 373 |
| The cutting of vortices | p. 381 |
| The vortices stability of the high Tc superconductors | p. 388 |
| Conclusions | p. 393 |
| References | p. 393 |
| Subject Index | p. 395 |
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