Title
Pinning of spiral fluxons by giant screw dislocations in YBa2Cu3O7 - δ single crystals: Josephson analog of the fishtail effect
Date Issued
01 March 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sergeenkov S.
Cichetto L.
Stari C.
Marega E.
Cardoso C.
Araujo-Moreira F.
Universidad Federal de Sao Carlos
Abstract
By using a highly sensitive homemade AC magnetic susceptibility technique, the magnetic flux penetration has been measured in YBa2Cu3O7 - δ single crystals with giant screw dislocations (having the structure of the Archimedean spirals) exhibiting a = 3 spiral turnings, the pitch b = 18.7 μm and the step height c = 1.2 nm (the last parameter is responsible for creation of extended weak-link structure around the giant defects). The magnetic field applied parallel to the surface enters winding around the weak-link regions of the screw in the form of the so-called spiral Josephson fluxons characterized by the temperature dependent pitch bf(T). For a given temperature, a stabilization of the fluxon structure occurs when bf(T) matches b (meaning an optimal pinning by the screw dislocations) and manifests itself as a pronounced low-field peak in the dependence of the susceptibility on magnetic field (applied normally to the surface) in the form resembling the high-field (Abrikosov) fishtail effect. © Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2010.
Start page
30
End page
34
Volume
91
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Termodinámica
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77949420246
Source
JETP Letters
ISSN of the container
10906487
Sponsor(s)
This work has been financially supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES and FAPESP.
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