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Field Induced Vanishing of the Vortex Glass Temperature in Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8} Thin Films

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Institute COMPAS and Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
  2. National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics, P.O.Box 603, Beijing 100080, People`s Republic of (China)

The current density j{sub s} and relaxation rate Q have been measured on a ring shaped Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8} film between 4.2K and the irreversibility temperature in magnetic fields up to 7T. The temperature and field dependent exponent {mu}(T,B{sub e}) used to parametrize the activation energy U in the form U(j{sub s},T,B{sub e})= (U{sub c}/{mu})[( j{sub c}/j{sub s}){sup {mu}}{minus}1] is determined for many different fields. In the B{sub e}{minus}T phase diagram we associate the {mu}=0 line with the glass temperature T{sub g} and find that T{sub g} essentially drops to 0K at B{sub e}{approx}0.7 T, which indicates a dimensional crossover at this field. The {mu}{gt}0 region (B{sub e}{lt}0.7 T, T{le}55 K) corresponds to 3D elastic vortex motin while the {mu}{lt}0 region corresponds to 2D dislocation mediated flux creep. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
560637
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 79; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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