Porous vortex matter

S. S. Banerjee; E. Zeldov; A. Soibel; Y. Myasoedov; M. Rappaport; M. Menghini; Y. Fasano; F. De La Cruz; C. J. Van Der Beek; M. Konczykowski; T. Tamegai

doi:10.1016/j.physc.2004.03.189

Porous vortex matter

S. S. Banerjee
, E. Zeldov
, A. Soibel
, Y. Myasoedov
, M. Rappaport
, M. Menghini
, Y. Fasano
, F. De La Cruz
, C. J. Van Der Beek
, M. Konczykowski
, T. Tamegai

École Polytechnique

Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
Science Division
Centro Atomico Bariloche
Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés
University of Tokyo
Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

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Abstract

Structure, dynamics, and thermodynamic properties of vortex matter in the presence of a low density of columnar defects (CDs) were studied in BSCCO crystals. Magnetic decorations show that when vortices outnumber CDs a heterogeneous vortex matter is formed consisting of two populations of vortices: vortices residing on CDs form a matrix of pinned vortices, whereas the interstitial vortices form ordered crystallites within the 'pores' of the matrix. Differential magneto-optical studies reveal that at elevated fields this porous phase melts in two stages, a first-order melting of the crystallites at a temperature considerably higher than the pristine melting, and a continuous melting of the matrix at still higher temperature. At low fields the two transitions occur simultaneously, giving rise to a sharp kink in the observed melting line.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	495-498
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume	408-410
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2004.03.189
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2004
Event	Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 25 May 2003 → 30 May 2003

Keywords

BSCCO
Columnar defects
Ordered disordered vortex matter

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