LOW-TEMPERATURE QUANTUM RELAXATION OF SINGLE 2-DIMENSIONAL VORTICES IN AN EPITAXIAL TL2BA2CA2CU3OX THIN-FILM

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GARCIA, A [1 ]
ZHANG, XX [1 ]
TEJADA, J [1 ]
MANZEL, M [1 ]
BRUCHLOS, H [1 ]
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[1] INST PHYS HOCHTECHNOL,D-07743 JENA,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 13期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.9439
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T [工业技术];
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Time-logarithmic magnetic-relaxation measurements have been obtained in an epitaxial Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3Ox thin film for the zero-field cooled and remanent magnetization, with low and moderate applied magnetic fields. With low fields (H(a) = 50 Oe), the normalized magnetic relaxation rates, S = \d(M/M(i))/d lnt\, are temperature independent below T congruent-to 3.4 K, and the transition from the thermal to the quantum regime appears to be quite sharp. With moderate fields (H(a) = 500 Oe), the transition becomes smooth and takes place at temperatures higher than with low fields, T congruent-to 7 K. This seems to indicate that the mechanism responsible for low-temperature relaxation would be nondissipative Hall tunneling of two-dimensional vortices, rather than dissipative vortex motion.
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页码:9439 / 9444
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