Noise probes of underlying static correlation lengths in the superconducting peak effect
Journal Article
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· Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080 (United States)
- NEC Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)
The sensitivity of low-frequency noise to ac magnetic-field perturbations is explored in the plastic flow regime near the {open_quotes}peak effect{close_quotes} in the clean type-II superconductor NbSe{sub 2}. Very small ac magnetic fields (on the order of 1 Oe in a dc field of about 20000 Oe) substantially reduce the low-frequency spectral density by inducing rapid switching among metastable configurations present in the pinned state. This sensitivity to ac fields shrinks rapidly as H increases in the peak-effect regime, indicating reduced static correlation lengths as the peak is approached. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 573829
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 57; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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