FLUCTUATION EFFECTS ON A STRONGLY PINNED VORTEX LATTICE IN A THIN TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE

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作者
LING, XS
MCCAMBRIDGE, JD
RIZZO, ND
SLEIGHT, JW
PROBER, DE
MOTOWIDLO, LR
ZEITLIN, BA
机构
[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
[2] YALE UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
[3] IGC ADV SUPERCOND INC,WATERBURY,CT 06704
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.805
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report on transport properties of the vortex lattice in fine, round NbTi wires fabricated by a novel wire-drawing process. The voltage onset in the isothermal I-V characteristic is sharp for thick wires (d1 μm) at 4.2 K and 6 T, but is rounded for thinner wires. The thinnest wires also display an Ohmic resistivity at low current densities. This linear resistivity decreases exponentially with temperature near Tc(H) and approaches a constant value at low temperatures. We explain our results as finite size effects of the thermal and quantum collective creep of vortex lines. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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