Published November 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Coupling Transition of the Vortex Liquid in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ with Columnar Defects

  • 1. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi, Tokyo 106 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Setagaya-ku, Chitosedai, Tokyo 157 (Japan)
  • 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 4. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 (Japan)
  • 5. Laboratoire des Solides Irradies, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 91128 (France)
  • 6. Department of Superconductivity, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 (Japan)
  • 7. National Research Institute for Metals, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)
  • 8. Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 (Japan)

Description

The interlayer Josephson coupling in the vortex fluid phase of heavy-ion irradiated Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ is probed by Josephson plasma resonance. The introduction of columnar defects changes the nature of the vortex liquid dramatically. We show that two types of vortex liquid, the well-coupled and the decoupled pancake vortex liquids, appear in the irradiated crystals. The pancake vortices tend to couple with increasing magnetic field, which is opposite to the pristine crystal. The double resonance peaks appear as a function of field in a narrow temperature range well above the irreversibility line. This implies an occurrence of the coupling transition in the liquid phase. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 3763-3766.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO