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D. T. Fuchs; R. A. Doyle; E. Zeldov; D. Majer; W. S. Seow; R. J. Drost; T. Tamegai; S. Ooi; M. Konczykowski; P. H. Kes

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.55.R6156

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Resistive evidence for vortex-lattice sublimation in ${Bi}_{2}$ ${Sr}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{8}$

D. T. Fuchs, R. A. Doyle, E. Zeldov, D. Majer, W. S. Seow, R. J. Drost, T. Tamegai, S. Ooi, M. Konczykowski, and P. H. Kes

Phys. Rev. B 55, R6156(R) – Published 1 March 1997

Abstract

Multiterminal measurements have been made on ${Bi}_{2}$ ${Sr}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{8}$ crystals to investigate the vortex dimensionality at the fields and temperatures where the first-order transition takes place in the vortex lattice. A sharp hysteretic transition is seen in transport properties with current injected either parallel or perpendicular to the ab planes. The data indicate that both resistivity components disappear concurrently, and the melting and c-axis decoupling transitions occur simultaneously at a sublimation transition of the vortex lattice.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.R6156

Authors & Affiliations

D. T. Fuchs

Department of Condensed Matter Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

R. A. Doyle

Department of Condensed Matter Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
and Interdisciplinary Research Center in Superconductivity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, England

E. Zeldov and D. Majer

Department of Condensed Matter Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

W. S. Seow

Interdisciplinary Research Center in Superconductivity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, England

R. J. Drost

Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

T. Tamegai and S. Ooi

Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan

M. Konczykowski

Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, CNRS URA-1380, École Polytéchnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France

P. H. Kes

Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

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