FLUCTUATION EFFECTS AND MIXED-STATE PROPERTIES OF THE LAYERED ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTORS KAPPA-(BEDT-TTF)2CU(NCS)2 AND KAPPA-(BEDT-TTF)2CU[N(CN)2]BR

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LANG, M [1 ]
STEGLICH, F [1 ]
TOYOTA, N [1 ]
SASAKI, T [1 ]
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[1] TOHOKU UNIV,INST MAT RES,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 21期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.15227
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We report on dc-magnetization measurements on high-quality single crystals of the organic superconductors kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2 Cu(NCS)2 and kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br for fields parallel and perpendicular to the conducting planes. For H perpendicular to the planes, we find clear indications for strong superconducting fluctuations, i.e., a pronounced rounding of the transition with increasing field and field-induced diamagnetism above T(c). Careful experiments near T(c) reveal the existence of a field-independent magnetization at M*(T*,H) for H less-than-or-equal-to 10 kOe. The anisotropy of superconducting parameters such as the upper critical field and coherence length, along with a scaling form of the high-field magnetization data demonstrate the highly anisotropic character for the present superconductors. Over an extended range in the H-T plane the mixed-state properties are governed by an entirely reversible vortex motion. The lower boundary of this range, the so-called irreversibility line, is found to be anisotropic and, for H perpendicular to the planes, to follow an exponential T dependence. Cooling below the irreversibility line is accompanied by the occurrence of magnetic relaxation effects, indicating a metastable vortex state.
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