Peak-effect and surface crystal-glass transition for surface-pinned vortex array

Details Peak-effect and surface crystal-glass transition for surface-pinned vortex array Peak-effect and surface crystal-glass transition for surface-pinned vortex array

2002-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212510v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

12 pages, 2 figures

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The peak effect has been investigated in clean Nb crystals with artificially corrugated surfaces by measuring the linear surface impedance in the 1kHz-1MHz frequency range. From a two-mode analysis of the complex spectra, we establish that vortex dynamics is governed by surface pinning and deduce the associated vortex slippage length. We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that the peak effect is related to a transition from collective to individual surface pinning. A proper account of the peak-effect anomalies implies softening of the shear rigidity by disorder-induced lattice deformations. This leads to a vortex crystal-glass transition induced by surface defects.

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