Vortex dynamics for in- and out-of-plane magnetic fields in oxygen deficient single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-delta

• The resistive transition into a glassy vortex state in oxygen deficient single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) has been studied for magnetic fields 0 less than or equal to B less than or equal to 12 T along the crystallographic c-axis, parallel to the ab plane, and also with a small misalignment of 1 degrees from the ab plane. Angular sweeps of the magnetic field reveal a sharp dip in the resistivity for B \textbackslash\textbackslash ab, which is attributed to intrinsic pinning of vortices between the planes. For Bile the vortex glass line is well described by B-g(T)= B-0[(1 - T/T-c)/(T/T-c)](alpha), where B-0 is anisotropy dependent and alpha approximate to 1.0-1.2. For B \textbackslash\textbackslash ab the behaviour is significantly different, and at high magnetic fields a change to a field-independent vortex solid-to-liquid transition is observed. This behaviour disappears for small misalignments between B and ab.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

intrinsic pinning

oxygen deficiency

YBaCuO

vortex dynamics

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