Activation energies in the vortex liquid state of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2)

被引:9
作者
Friemel, S
Pasquier, C
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, URA 2 CNRS, Université Paris-Sud
来源
PHYSICA C | 1996年 / 265卷 / 1-2期
关键词
organic superconductor; anisotropic superconductor; mixed state; electrical resistivity;
D O I
10.1016/0921-4534(96)00301-2
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We report electrical transport measurements of single crystals of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) in a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the conducting layers. We have studied in detail the vortex liquid phase of this compound and find that up to fields of about 10 kOe, the liquid phase can be perfectly described as a very viscous vortex liquid with activation barriers arising from vortex double-kink generations. Our analysis also results in a value for the superconducting anisotropy parameter gamma approximate to 110-130.
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页数:5
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