EVIDENCE FOR MEAN FREE-PATH FLUCTUATION-INDUCED PINNING IN YBA2CU3O7 AND YBA2CU4O8 FILMS

被引:327
作者
GRIESSEN, R [1 ]
WEN, HH [1 ]
VANDALEN, AJJ [1 ]
DAM, B [1 ]
RECTOR, J [1 ]
SCHNACK, HG [1 ]
LIBBRECHT, S [1 ]
OSQUIGUIL, E [1 ]
BRUYNSERAEDE, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN,VASTE STOF FYS MAGNETISME LAB,B-3001 LOUVAIN,BELGIUM
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1910
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The critical current j(c) and the pinning energy U(c) have been determined for three types of yttrium-based superconducting films from current j(s) and dynamic relaxation Q-dlnj(s)/dln(dB/dt) data by means of the generalized inversion scheme. For B < 2 T and T < 80 K the temperature dependence of j(c) and U(c) for all films is found to be in excellent agreement with a model of single vortices pinned by randomly distributed weak pinning centers via spatial fluctuations of the charge carrier mean free path. Pinning due to spatial fluctuations of T(c) is not observed.
引用
收藏
页码:1910 / 1913
页数:4
相关论文
共 26 条
[1]   RESISTIVE STATES IN THIN-FILMS OF Y2BA4CU8O16-DELTA [J].
BERGHUIS, P ;
KES, PH ;
DAM, B ;
STOLLMAN, GM ;
VAN BENTUM, PJM .
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 1990, 167 (3-4) :348-358
[2]  
BLATTER G, IN PRESS REV MOD PHY, pCH2A
[3]   THERMALLY ACTIVATED FLUX MOTION IN ARTIFICIALLY GROWN YBA2CU3O7/PRBA2CU3O7 SUPERLATTICES [J].
BRUNNER, O ;
ANTOGNAZZA, L ;
TRISCONE, JM ;
MIEVILLE, L ;
FISCHER, O .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1991, 67 (10) :1354-1357
[4]   THEORY OF COLLECTIVE FLUX CREEP [J].
FEIGELMAN, MV ;
GESHKENBEIN, VB ;
LARKIN, AI ;
VINOKUR, VM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1989, 63 (20) :2303-2306
[5]   HOMOGENEOUS STRAIN RESPONSE OF FERMI-SURFACE OF MOLYBDENUM [J].
GRIESSEN, R ;
LEE, MJG ;
STANLEY, DJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1977, 16 (10) :4385-4399
[6]   THE CURRENT DEPENDENCE OF THE EFFECTIVE PINNING POTENTIAL IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
HU, D .
PHYSICA C, 1993, 205 (1-2) :123-128
[7]   EXTENSION OF THE TIME WINDOW FOR INVESTIGATION OF RELAXATION EFFECTS IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
JIRSA, M ;
PUST, L ;
SCHNACK, HG ;
GRIESSEN, R .
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 1993, 207 (1-2) :85-96
[8]   FLUX PINNING AND CREEP IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
KES, PH .
PHYSICA C, 1991, 185 :288-291
[9]   FREQUENCY-RESPONSE OF PINNED VORTEX LATTICE [J].
KOSHELEV, AE ;
VINOKUR, VM .
PHYSICA C, 1991, 173 (5-6) :465-475
[10]   MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS AND FLUX CREEP OF MELT-POWDER-MELT-GROWTH YBA2CU3O7 SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
KUNG, PJ ;
MALEY, MP ;
MCHENRY, ME ;
WILLIS, JO ;
COULTER, JY ;
MURAKAMI, M ;
TANAKA, S .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (10) :6427-6434