Abstract
The behaviour of the distorted vortex lattice near the surfaces of a uniaxial anisotropic superconducting quarter-space is studied. The analytical solution of the distributions of the fields inside and outside the sample as well as the current density are calculated in an integral form. Using these solutions, the forces on the vortex segments are completely determined. The Gibbs free energy of the system is investigated in a simple form. Agreement with previous results is found in the isotropic limiting case. Moreover, in some limiting cases, good agreement with the results obtained for a high temperature superconducting semi-infinite space is achieved.