Josephson plasma resonance in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2

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作者
Mola, MM [1 ]
King, JT
McRaven, CP
Hill, S
Qualls, JS
Brooks, JS
机构
[1] Montana State Univ, Dept Phys, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
[2] Florida State Univ, Dept Phys, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
[3] Florida State Univ, Natl High Magnet Field Lab, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2000年 / 62卷 / 09期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevB.62.5965
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
A cavity perturbation technique is used to study the microwave response of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2). Observation of a Josephson plasma resonance, below T-c (similar to 10 K), enables investigation of the vortex structure within the mixed state of this highly anisotropic, type-II superconductor. Contrary to previous assumptions, frequency-dependent studies (28-153 GHz) indicate that the squared plasma frequency (omega(p)(2)) depends exponentially on the magnetic-field strength. Such behavior has been predicted for a weakly pinned quasi-two-dimensional vortex lattice [Bulaevskii et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 801 (1995)]. Our data also suggests a transition in the vortex structure near the irreversibility Line.
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页码:5965 / 5970
页数:6
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