Abstract
Using the techniques of muon spin rotation and torque magnetometry, we investigate the crossover field B-cr in Bi2.15Sr1.85Ca1Cu2O8+delta at which the vortex lattice becomes disordered along the field direction. It is found that B-cr scales as the projection of the applied field along the perpendicular to the superconducting planes. This has the implication that a field large enough to give a disordered lattice when applied perpendicular to the planes, can give a well-ordered vortex-line lattice for angles of the field to the c axis greater than a critical value.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1253 |
Number of pages | 1253 |
Journal | Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics |
Volume | 57 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |
Keywords
- HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
- DIMENSIONAL CROSSOVER
- THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS
- II SUPERCONDUCTORS
- PHASE-TRANSITIONS
- SINGLE-CRYSTALS
- STATE
- BI2SR2CACU2O8
- RELAXATION
- DIAGRAM