Magnetic-field-induced nonlocal effects on the vortex interactions in twin-free YBa₂Cu₃O₇

TY - JOUR

T1 - Magnetic-field-induced nonlocal effects on the vortex interactions in twin-free YBa2Cu3O7

AU - White...[et al.], J. S.

AU - Heslop, R.W.

AU - Holmes, A. T.

AU - Laver, M.

PY - 2011/9/16

Y1 - 2011/9/16

N2 - The vortex lattice (VL) in the high-κ superconductor YBa 2Cu3O7, at 2 K and with the magnetic field parallel to the crystal c axis, undergoes a sequence of transitions between different structures as a function of applied magnetic field. However, from structural studies alone, it is not possible to determine precisely the system anisotropy that governs the transitions between different structures. To address this question, here we report new small-angle neutron scattering measurements of both the VL structure at higher temperatures and the field and temperature dependence of the VL form factor. Our measurements demonstrate how the influence of anisotropy on the VL, which in theory can be parameterized as nonlocal corrections, becomes progressively important with increasing magnetic field, and suppressed by increasing the temperature toward Tc. The data indicate that nonlocality due to different anisotropies plays an important role in determining the VL properties.

AB - The vortex lattice (VL) in the high-κ superconductor YBa 2Cu3O7, at 2 K and with the magnetic field parallel to the crystal c axis, undergoes a sequence of transitions between different structures as a function of applied magnetic field. However, from structural studies alone, it is not possible to determine precisely the system anisotropy that governs the transitions between different structures. To address this question, here we report new small-angle neutron scattering measurements of both the VL structure at higher temperatures and the field and temperature dependence of the VL form factor. Our measurements demonstrate how the influence of anisotropy on the VL, which in theory can be parameterized as nonlocal corrections, becomes progressively important with increasing magnetic field, and suppressed by increasing the temperature toward Tc. The data indicate that nonlocality due to different anisotropies plays an important role in determining the VL properties.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.104519

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.104519

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2469-9950

VL - 84

SP - 104519

JO - Physical Review B

JF - Physical Review B

IS - 10

ER -