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Bose-glass behavior in Bi[sub 2]Sr[sub 2]Ca[sub 1[minus]x]Y[sub x]Cu[sub 2]O[sub 8] crystals with columnar defects: Experimental evidence for variable-range hopping

Conference · · International Journal of Modern Physics B
OSTI ID:6333596
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  1. Univ. F. Rabelais, Tours (France). Lab. d'Electrodynamique des Materiaux Avances

Disorder plays a crucial role in the static and dynamic properties of the mixed state of high-[Tc] cuprates. A main feature of the diagram phase is the phase transition separating a high temperature vortex liquid-like state from a low temperature vortex solid-like state. In particular, the nature of the latter depends on the strength and the dimensionality of disorder. In the presence of an unidimensional disorder, Nelson and Vinokur predict a Bose-glass. In this paper, the authors concern themselves with the variable-range vortex hopping transport predicted in a Bose-glass. They report on vortex transport in Bi[sub 2]Sr[sub 2]Ca[sub 1[minus]x]Y[sub x]Cu[sub 2]O[sub 8] crystals irradiated at different doses of heavy ions. They show evidence of a flux-creep resistivity typical of a variable-range vortex hopping mechanism as predicted by Nelson and Vinokur.

OSTI ID:
6333596
Report Number(s):
CONF-980291--
Journal Information:
International Journal of Modern Physics B, Journal Name: International Journal of Modern Physics B Vol. 12:29-31; ISSN IJPBEV; ISSN 0217-9792
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English