THERMAL AND DISORDER FLUCTUATIONS IN ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTING ND1.85CE0.15CUO4-X EPITAXIAL-FILMS

被引:22
作者
YEH, NC
JIANG, W
REED, DS
GUPTA, A
HOLTZBERG, F
KUSSMAUL, A
机构
[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,DIV RES,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
[2] MIT,FRANCIS BITTER NATL MAGNET LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.5710
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The anisotropic vortex transport properties of c-axis-oriented Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-x superconducting epitaxial films are found consistent with a dislocation-mediated second-order vortex-solid melting transition. The anisotropic critical exponents and the electronic mass ratio are determined from the scaling of the current-voltage characteristics. The nucleation energy of vortex dislocations due to both thermal and disorder fluctuations and its relation to the vortex elastic moduli is inferred from our experiments.
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页码:5710 / 5713
页数:4
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