ISSN:
1572-9605
Keywords:
Vibrating reed
;
type-II superconductors
;
organic superconductors
;
flux pinning
;
vortex lattice melting
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Vibrating reed measurements were performed on single-crystal samples ofκ-(ET)2- Cu[N(CN)2]Br in an applied magnetic fieldH oriented either parallel (“longitudinal”) or perpendicular (“transverse”) to the highly conducting ac-plane. Field-cooling data taken for the longitudinal orientation andH〈0.7 T revealed a peak with a low-temperature shoulder in the reed dissipation 1/Q located at temperatureT Q below the superconducting transition temperatureT c (≈11.6 forH=0). The shoulder disappeared nearH≈0.7 T, accompanied by an abrupt change in the slope ofT Q (H), corresponding to a similar change in the slope of the upper critical magnetic fieldH c2 measured by Kwoket al. The existence of the shoulder in the dissipation peak bears on a number of current explanations for the exotic superconducting properties ofκ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br.T Q data taken for the transverse orientation fell far below estimates ofH c2., indicating the existence of a substantial region of flux line (FL) mobility belowH c2(T). The location of a peak in NMR relaxation observed by De Sotoet al. lies close toT Q for the transverse orientation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01320871
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