Vortex pinning : a probe for nanoscale disorder in iron-based superconductors

Autor: S. Demirdis, Marcin Konczykowski, Dorothée Colson, N. R. Cejas Bolecek, Yanina Fasano, F. Rullier-Albenque, H. Pastoriza, C. J. van der Beek
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés (LSI), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X), Laboratorio de Bajas Temperaturas (LBT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas., Service de physique de l'état condensé (SPEC - UMR3680), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecos-Sud A09E03 Triangle de la Physique 'MagCorPnic', Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Proceedings of ECRYS 2011-International School and Workshop on Electronic Crystals
ECRYS 2011-International School and Workshop on Electronic Crystals
ECRYS 2011-International School and Workshop on Electronic Crystals, Aug 2011, Cargèse, France. pp.00000, ⟨10.1016/j.physb.2012.01.021⟩
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2012.01.021⟩
Popis: The pinning of quantized flux lines, or vortices, in the mixed state is used to quantify the effect of impurities in iron-based superconductors (IBS). Disorder at two length scales is relevant in these materials. Strong flux pinning resulting from nm-scale heterogeneity of the superconducting properties leads to the very disordered vortex ensembles observed in the IBS, and to the pronounced maximum in the critical current density jc at low magnetic fields. Disorder at the atomic scale, most likely induced by the dopant atoms, leads to "weak collective pinning" and a magnetic field-independent contribution jcoll. The latter allows one to estimate quasi-particle scattering rates.
Comment: 4 pages; ECRYS 2011 - International School and Workshop on Electronic Crystals, Carg\`ese : France (2011)
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