History dependent vortex flow dynamics in mesoscopic channels

Intriguing and novel physical aspects related to the vortex flow dynamics have been recently observed in mesoscopic channel devices of a-NbGe with NbN channel edges. In this work we have studied the flow properties of such confined vortices as a function of the magnetic field history, using dc-transport and mode-locking (ML) measurements. As opposed to the field down situation, in field up case a kink anomaly in the dc I-V curves is detected. The mode-locking measurements unveil the dynamic change in the flow configurations around this anomaly: n moving rows of vortex array at low velocity changes suddenly to n + 2 rows at high velocity around the anomaly.