Unexpectedly wide reversible vortex region in $β$-pyrochlore RbOs$_{2}$O$_{6}$

Details Unexpectedly wide reversible vortex region in $β$-pyrochlore RbOs$_{2}$O$_{6}$ Unexpectedly wide reversible vortex region in $β$-pyrochlore RbOs$_{2}$O$_{6}$

2008-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/0806.3346v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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We study the extent of the reversible region in the vortex phase diagram of recently available RbOs$_2$O$_6$ single crystals \cite{Rogacki08a} by means of bulk magnetization measurements. We found that the irreversible magnetic response sets in at a field $H_{\rm irr}(T) \sim 0.3 H_{\rm c2}(T)$ for $0.5 \lesssim T/T_{\rm c} \lesssim 0.8$, yielding a reversible vortex region that is uncommonly wide in comparison with typical low-$T_{\rm c}$ materials. The relevance of thermal fluctuations is limited since we estimate a Ginzburg number $G_{\rm i} = 5 \times 10^{-7}$. However, the relevance of quenched disorder is unconventionally low since the critical-current density ratio at low fields and temperatures is of the order of that found in high-T$_{\rm c}$'s. We therefore conclude that an intrinsically low bulk pinning magnitude favors the existence of an unexpectedly wide reversible vortex region that seems to be generic to $\beta$-pyrochlores.

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