Evidence for Diverging Barriers in the Disordered Vortex Solid in the (K,Ba)BiO3 Superconducting Oxide

I. Joumard, T. Klein, and J. Marcus
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 167002 – Published 26 September 2001
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Abstract

Vortex dynamics has been investigated in the cubic (K,Ba)BiO3 superconductor using ac susceptibility measurements on a large frequency range (0.03Hz<ω<60kHz). Power law diverging barriers have been obtained on both sides of the order-disorder transition line. The μ exponent remains close to 5/2 (elastic creep value) in some part of the disordered phase and finally decreases at high temperature and/or high field, in good agreement with the recent plastic collective creep theory [J. Kierfeld, H. Nordborg, and V. M. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 4948 (2000)].

  • Received 20 March 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.167002

©2001 American Physical Society

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I. Joumard, T. Klein, and J. Marcus

  • Laboratoire d'Etudes des Propriétés Electroniques des Solides, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

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Vol. 87, Iss. 16 — 15 October 2001

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