Published April 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Experimental study of the irreversible magnetization in a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystal

  • 1. ICMAT - CNR, Area della Ricerca di Roma (Italy)
  • 2. High Tc Laboratory, Low Temperature Department, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Moscow Institute for Radioengineering, Electronics and Automation, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

Magnetization cycles and relaxation measurements as a function of temperature and field are reported for a very thin Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystal (thickness 5 μm). The fishtail effect was observed between 15 and 26 K at about 400 Oe, at which the relaxation rate was also found to increase rapidly. The observed behaviour is attributed to the field-induced two-dimensional to three-dimensional crossover in the vortex lattice in the presence of bulk pinning and surface barriers which dominate in different regions of the B-T phase diagram. (author)

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Journal Title
Superconductor Science and Technology (Online)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 203-208
ISSN
1361-6668

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21 refs; This record replaces 31040473