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Anisotropic pinning in the vortex liquid phase of YBCO

Authors :
R. J. Olsson
Wai K. Kwok
Goran Karapetrov
Lisa Paulius
G. W. Crabtree
Source :
Physica C: Superconductivity. :14-17
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2005.

Abstract

Columnar defects are shown to produce anisotropic pinning in the vortex liquid state of YBCO. We interpret the disappearance of anisotropic pinning as signaling the loss of longitudinal correlation of vortices as thermal fluctuations dominate their line tension.

Details

ISSN :
09214534
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physica C: Superconductivity
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........dbcadef97f3427e707d10ef13ee526b9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2005.01.015