Enhanced pinning in high-temperature superconducting cuprate single crystals at low magnetic field

Low density flux dynamics in Nd based cuprate (NdBa₂Cu₃O₇₋x) HTSC single crystals trapped in ≈1 Oe range DC magnetic fields were investigated for the first time. Complex measurements of time, temperature and field dependence of magnetization were performed. Using the results obtained and the Anderso...

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Published in:Functional Materials
Date:2013
Main Authors: Monarkha, V.Yu., Savina, Yu.A., Timofeev, V.P.
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/119779
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:Enhanced pinning in high-temperature superconducting cuprate single crystals at low magnetic field / V.Yu. Monarkha, Yu.A. Savina, V.P. Timofeev // Functional Materials. — 2013. — Т. 20, № 1. — С. 5-9. — Бібліогр.: 13 назв. — англ.

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Summary:Low density flux dynamics in Nd based cuprate (NdBa₂Cu₃O₇₋x) HTSC single crystals trapped in ≈1 Oe range DC magnetic fields were investigated for the first time. Complex measurements of time, temperature and field dependence of magnetization were performed. Using the results obtained and the Anderson-Kim model the normalized magnetization relaxation rate S and the averaged effective pinning potential U were calculated. We show a significant increase in the effective pinning potential in comparison with measurements performed in high magnetic fields for similar cuprate single crystals formerly. In a wide enough range of temperatures close to Tc (0.72≤ T/Tc≤ 0.93) it has been shown that the doping of NdBa₂Cu₃O₇₋x single crystals with calcium atoms leads to an increase of the averaged effective pinning potential with an insignificant decreasing of the critical temperature.