Pinning effect on critical dynamics in Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8} films before and after introducing columnar defects.
The effect of columnar defects on the critical dynamics of superconducting Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8}(Tl-2212) film has been investigated. The Tl-2212 film was irradiated at 0 C by 1.3 GeV U-ions along the normal of the film surface. The dose of 6.0 x 10{sup 10} ions/cm{sup 2} of the U-ion irradiation corresponds to a matching field of 1.2 T. The in-plane longitudinal resistivity of the irradiated Tl-2212 has been measured as a function of magnetic field H and temperature T. The extracted fluctuation part of the conductivity {sigma}{sub xx}(T, H) of the unirradiated sample exhibits 3D-XY scaling behavior that reveals dynamic critical exponent z = 1.8 {+-} 0.1 and static critical exponent v {approx} 1.338. The results indicate that the weak interlayer coupling along the c-axis of Tl-2212 significantly influences static critical exponent v and does not change dynamical critical exponent. After the irradiation, the fluctuation conductivities are enhanced by the strong pinnings and do not exhibit the same 3D-XY scaling behavior as for the unirradiated Tl-2212. Particularly at the low magnetic field values near the matching field of 1.2 T, the fluctuation conductivities show a clear deviation from the critical dynamics, suggesting that the pinning effect on the critical dynamics is significant.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 11066
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/CP-97511
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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