Image Gallery

Oslo Superconductivity Lab

Magneto-optics of superconductors A big collection of magneto-optical images and movies is presented on Magneto-Optical Imaging of Superconductors page


Vortex lattices in Superconductors A big collection of Vortex Lattices is presented at the Gallery of Abrikosov Lattices


dendritic avalanches of magnetic flux in superconductors Images and movies of unusual penetration of magnetic flux in superconducting MgB2 films are presented on Dendritic flux avalanches in MgB2 films page

More magneto-optical images:

Vortex lattice in NbSe2 superconducting crystal

Vortex lattice in NbSe2 crystal at 4.3 K after cooling in the earth field (~1 Oe), click here for more images and movies
Vortex motion in superconductor

Vortex dynamics in NbSe2: dark and bright spots represent initial and final vortex positions, click here for more images and movies
Magnetic flux penetration into a HTSC strip

Flux penetration into a HTSC strip
Flux and current density distribution in superconductor

Flux and current density distribution in the twin-lobes, for more details see PDF
magnetizatioon loop and flux distribution for a superconductor strip

Magneto-optical images along with magnetizatioon loop of a HTSC strip during the field sweep
magnetic field distribution in a square superconductor

flux penetration into square superconductor: experiment and theory
flux turbulence in superconducting YBaCuO crystal

Macroscopic flux turbulence in YBaCuO crystal
magneto-optical image of an audio tape

Audio-tape with defected region: magneto-optical image
magnetic card in MO microscope

Oslo University magnetic card: magneto-optical image
magnetic medium for data storage

Data storage tape: magneto-optical image. The smallest distance between stripes is 0.9 micron
A Christmas card combined from magneto-optical images of high-temperature superconductors

A Christmas card combined from magneto-optical images of high-temperature superconductors

Levitation

magnetic levitation

Levitation (repulsion) click here for levitation movies
suspension of superconductor

Levitation (attraction) click here for levitation movies
Magneto-levitating train

Magneto-levitating train (Japan), more details
levitating physicist, Michael Koblischka

The greatest researcher ever working in our group, Michael Koblischka, levitating by means of superconductor

Superconductivity Lab. at the University of Oslo, Norway