Lockin effect

In superconductivity, the Lockin Effect refers to the preference of vortex phases to be positioned at certain points within cells of a crystal lattice of an organic superconductor.

References

[http://riken.nd.rl.ac.uk/ral/symposium2004/pdfs/Francis-R213R214.pdf Studies of the Vortex Phases in an Organic Superconductor]

"Lockin Effect, Irreversibility Field, and Josephson Vortex Penetration Depth in κ-(ET)2Cu [N(CN)2] Br ", R. Giannetta N.H. Tea, F.A.B. Chaves, S. Rao, M.B. Salamon, A.M. Kini, H.H. Wang, U. Geiser, J.M. Schlueter, M.W. Trawick, J.C. Garland, Physica C 321, 207 (1999)