Magnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter in LiFeAs superconductor from Campbell penetration depth

Details Magnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter in LiFeAs superconductor from Campbell penetration depth Magnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter in LiFeAs superconductor from Campbell penetration depth

2011-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1398v1

Phys. Rev. B 84, 060509R (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.060509

A true critical current density, $j_{c}$, as opposite to commonly measured relaxed persistent (Bean) current, $j_{B}$, was extracted from the Campbell penetration depth, $\lambda_{C}(T,H)$ measured in single crystals of LiFeAs. The effective pinning potential is non-parabolic, which follows from the magnetic field - dependent Labusch parameter $\alpha$. At the equilibrium (upon field - cooling), $\alpha(H)$ is non-monotonic, but it is monotonic at a finite gradient of the vortex density. This behavior leads to a faster magnetic relaxation at the lower fields and provides a natural \emph{dynamic} explanation for the fishtail (second peak) effect. We also find the evidence for strong pinning at the lower fields. The inferred field dependence of the pinning potential is consistent with the evolution from strong pinning, through collective pinning and, eventually, to a disordered vortex lattice. The values of $j_{c}(2\text{K}) \simeq 2\times10^{6}$ A/cm$^{2}$ provide an upper estimate of the current carrying capability of LiFeAs. Overall, vortex behavior of almost isotropic, fully-gapped LiFeAs is very similar to highly anisotropic d-wave cuprate superconductors, the similarity that requires further studies in order to understand unconventional superconductivity in cuprates and pnictides.

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