Low-field vortex dynamics in various high-T
c thin films |
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Authors: | Johan J Åkerman KV Rao |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Materials Science — Tmfy-MSE, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | We present a novel ac susceptibility technique for the study of vortex creep in superconducting thin films. With this technique
we study the dynamics of dilute vortices in c-axis oriented Y-123, Hg-1212, and Tl-1212 thin films, as well as a axis oriented Hg-1212 thin films. Results on the Hg-1212 and Tl-1212 thin films indicate that dislocation-mediated plastic
flux creep of single vortices dominates at low temperatures and fields. As the temperature (or the field) is increased, the
increasing vortex-vortex interactions promote a collective behavior, which can be characterized by elastic creep with a non-zero
μ exponent. Also, in some of these samples effects of thermally assisted quantum creep are visible up to 45 K in some of these
samples. In Y-123 thin films, creep is found to be collective down to the lowest temperatures and fields investigated, while
the quantum creep persists only up to 10–11 K. |
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Keywords: | Vortex dynamics flux creep high temperature superconductor thin film ac susceptibility |
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