DIRECT OBSERVATION OF INTRINSIC PINNING BY LAYERED STRUCTURE IN SINGLE-CRYSTAL YBA2CU3O7-DELTA

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作者
KWOK, WK
WELP, U
VINOKUR, VM
FLESHLER, S
DOWNEY, J
CRABTREE, GW
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV MAT SCI,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[3] CHERNOGOLOVKA SOLID STATES PHYS INST,CHERNOGOLOVKA,USSR
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.390
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The intrinsic pinning in twinned and untwinned single-crystal YBa2Cu3O7-delta is observed using a novel crossed-magnetic-field technique for obtaining angular resolutions of DELTA-theta < 0.005-degrees. The pinning occurs for magnetic-field directions within a critical angle-theta* < 1-degrees of the Cu-O planes. The data are discussed in the context of a lock-in transition of vortices in the a-b plane of the crystal.
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页数:4
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