Focal voltage-current characteristics in high-Tc superconductors

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作者
Giller, D [1 ]
Abulafia, Y [1 ]
Prozorov, R [1 ]
Wolfus, Y [1 ]
Shaulov, A [1 ]
Yeshurun, Y [1 ]
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[1] Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Phys, Inst Superconduct, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R14080
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Local electric field versus current density (E-j) curves were measured in YBa2Cu3O7-delta and Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-delta single crystals using a miniature Hall-sensors array. Measurements in the field range corresponding to the anomalous magnetization peak in these crystals reveal remarkably different E-j characteristics below and above the peak, indicating a crossover in the flux-creep mechanism. Similar E-j behavior, as observed here in YBa2Cu3O7-delta and Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-delta, is expected universally in every superconductor exhibiting the anomalous peak.
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