IRRADIATION-INDUCED CROSSOVER FROM POINT-DEFECTS TO CORRELATED DISORDER PINNING IN BI2SR2CACU2OX SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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MOSHCHALKOV, VV [1 ]
METLUSHKO, VV [1 ]
GUNTHERODT, G [1 ]
GONCHAROV, IN [1 ]
DIDYK, AY [1 ]
BRUYNSERAEDE, Y [1 ]
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[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS 2,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.639
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The temperature dependence of the critical current j(cm)(T) in single-crystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (BSCCO) changes dramatically with fast ion irradiation. In as-grown BSCCO crystals the j(cm)(T) curve follows the predictions of the Feigelman-Vinokur theory for collective pinning in the presence of point defects. In irradiated BSCCO we have obtained a good fit of j(cm)(T) over several decades and in a broad temperature range in the framework of the Nelson-Vinokur theory. The quality of the fit convincingly demonstrates the validity of this theory for the description of j(cm)(T) in BSCCO with columnar defects.
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