Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2002-01-30
J. Phys. C 14 (2002) 6701-6711
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
22 pages, including 6 figures
Scientific paper
A microwave cavity perturbation technique is used to probe the interlayer electrodynamics within the vortex state of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2. A Josephson plasma mode is observed which is extremely sensitive to correlations in the locations of vortices in adjacent layers and may, therefore, be used to gauge collective effects between vortices and crystal pinning sites in the title compound. Our previous investigations [M. M. Mola et al., Phys. Rev. B 62 (2000) 5965] revealed a transformation from a correlated quasi-two-dimensional pinned vortex phase, to either a depinned or liquid state. In this study, we carry out a detailed analysis of the magnetic field dependence of the Josephson plasma frequency within the two phases. Our findings agree favorably with recent theoretical models: within the liquid state, the squared plasma frequency decays with the inverse of the magnetic field strength, B; whereas, in the pinned phase, a much slower decay is observed, which is indicative of weak pinning.
Hill Stephen
Mola M. M.
Qualls J. S.
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