VORTEX LATTICE MELTING IN UNTWINNED AND TWINNED SINGLE-CRYSTALS OF YBA2CU3O7-DELTA

被引:413
作者
KWOK, WK
FLESHLER, S
WELP, U
VINOKUR, VM
DOWNEY, J
CRABTREE, GW
MILLER, MM
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV MAT SCI,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3370
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The melting transition in twinned and in twinned single crystals is measured resistively in fields up to 8 T as a function of the angle between the c axis and the a-b plane. The angular dependence follows the Lindemann criterion with c(L) = 0.15. The suppression of melting by strong pinning by twin boundaries is demonstrated.
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页码:3370 / 3373
页数:4
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