Metastable vortex states in YBa2Cu3O7-δ crystal

Radzyner, Y. ; Roy, S. B. ; Giller, D. ; Wolfus, Y. ; Shaulov, A. ; Chaddah, P. ; Yeshurun, Y. (2000) Metastable vortex states in YBa2Cu3O7-δ crystal Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 61 (21). pp. 14362-14365. ISSN 1098-0121

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Official URL: http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v61/i21/p14362_1

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.14362

Abstract

Magnetization measurements in an untwinned YBa2Cu3O7-δ crystal reveal a range of temperatures and fields for which the magnetization exhibits unusual history-dependent behavior. This range envelopes the transition line, Bss(T), separating between the vortex quasiordered and disordered phases. The observed history effects indicate that a disordered (quasiordered) vortex state can exist as a metastable state below (above) the Bss(T) line. The fields, defining the phase transition and the borders of the metastability region, are correlated to sharp features in the magnetization loop.

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