Manifestation of history-dependent critical currents via dc and ac magnetization measurements in single crystals of and

G. Ravikumar, V. Sahni, P. Mishra, T. Chandrasekhar Rao, S. Banerjee, A. Grover, S. Ramakrishnan, S. Bhattacharya, M. Higgins, E. Yamamoto, Y. Haga, M. Hedo, Y. Inada, Y. Onuki

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Abstract

A study of path dependent effects in single crystals of (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) shows that critical current density (Formula presented) of the vortex state depends on its thermomagnetic history over a very large part of (Formula presented) parameter space. The path dependence in (Formula presented) is absent above the peak position (i.e., (Formula presented) of the peak effect region, which we believe identifies the complete loss of order in the vortex structure. The highly disordered field cooled (FC) state can be healed into a relatively ordered vortex lattice by subjecting it to a large enough change in dc field (few tens of Oe) or by shaking the field cooled state with sufficient ac field (few Oe).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R11069-R11072
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume57
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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