Manipulating Josephson junctions in thin-films by nearby vortices.

Highlights: [•] Vortex located in a bank of a planar Josephson junction changes its character. [•] Vortex located at some discreet positions in thin strip bank suppresses to zero the zero-field current. [•] The number of these positions is equal to the number of vortices trapped. [•] Critical current-field patterns are strongly affected by the vortex position. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]