Temperature dependence of the second magnetization peak in a deoxygenated yBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 6.65} single crystal.
We report on magnetic measurements carried out in a YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 6.65} deoxygenated single crystal with superconducting transition temperature T{sub c}=62.5 K. The so-called fishtail or second magnetization peak (H{sub p}) has been observed in magnetization curves from 60 K down to 1.8 K. In the region 6 K<T<60 K, H{sub p} increases with a positive curvature as the temperature is lowered. For T<6 K, H{sub p} increases linearly with temperature and an extrapolation to T=0 gives H{sub p}(0)=2.9 T. This value occurs just above a decoupling field H{sub d}, above which there is a change in the temperature dependence of the irreversibility line, a departure from the relation (1-T/T{sub c}){sup m}. Magnetic relaxation measurements for fields in the region of the second magnetization peak indicate a change in the mechanism originating the second peak below 5 K. At higher temperatures the peak position changes with time. For temperatures lower than 5 K there is no differences in relaxation below and above H{sub p}, and the position of the peak does not change with time.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC; FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 942739
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-34115
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. B, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B Journal Issue: 1 ; Jul. 1, 1999 Vol. 60; ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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