Amorphization of Vortex Matter and Reentrant Peak Effect in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$

Details Amorphization of Vortex Matter and Reentrant Peak Effect in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$ Amorphization of Vortex Matter and Reentrant Peak Effect in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$

2000-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001215v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

15 pages and 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.62.6699

The peak effect (PE) has been observed in a twinned crystal of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ for H$\parallel$c in the low field range, close to the zero field superconducting transition temperature (T$_c$(0)) . A sharp depinning transition succeeds the peak temperature T$_p$ of the PE. The PE phenomenon broadens and its internal structure smoothens out as the field is increased or decreased beyond the interval between 250 Oe and 1000 Oe. Moreover, the PE could not be observed above 10 kOe and below 20 Oe. The locus of the T$_p$(H) values shows a reentrant characteristic with a nose like feature located at T$_p$(H)/T$_c$(0)$\approx$0.99 and H$\approx$100 Oe (where the FLL constant a$_0$$\approx$penetration depth $\lambda$). The upper part of the PE curve (0.5 kOe$<$H$<$10 kOe) can be fitted to a melting scenario with the Lindemann number c$_L$$\approx$0.25. The vortex phase diagram near T$_c$(0) determined from the characteristic features of the PE in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$(H$\parallel$c) bears close resemblance to that in the 2H-NbSe$_2$ system, in which a reentrant PE had been observed earlier.

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