RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNALS IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS

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作者
JOHNSON, M
FERRARI, MJ
WELLSTOOD, FC
CLARKE, J
BEASLEY, MR
INAM, A
WU, XD
NAZAR, L
VENKATESAN, T
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,CTR ADV MAT,DIV MAT & CHEM SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] STANFORD UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,STANFORD,CA 94305
[3] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
[4] BELL COMMUN RES INC,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 42卷 / 16期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.42.10792
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The local magnetization of YBa2Cu3O7-x and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y measured with a superconducting quantum-interference device is shown to exhibit random telegraph signals (RTSs) over narrow ranges of temperature. We believe these signals arise from the thermally activated hopping of single magnetic vortices between two pinning sites. The spectral density of the RTS is Lorentzian; from the temperature dependence of the characteristic time, we deduce pinning energies of 0.17 and 0.20 eV for samples of YBa2Cu3O7-x and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y, respectively, at reduced temperatures of 0.99 and 0.87. The amplitudes of various RTSs imply flux hopping distances varying from 0.2 to 30 m. Multiple metastable states and transitions between noisy and quiet states are also observed. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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